srdiamond comments on A speculation on Near and Far Modes - Less Wrong
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"I think the autistic/schizophrenic spectrum looks like a calibration spectrum for one's near-mode tolerance of type 1 and type 2 errors. Deviation from the mean in either direction causes near mode to be substantially less useful."
Brilliant idea. Why it received so few upvotes begs for analysis.