Jonathan_Graehl comments on The Importance of Self-Doubt - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Jonathan_Graehl 20 August 2010 01:02:30AM 0 points [-]

we do what makes us feel good (at the margin) and refrain from doing what makes us feel bad (at the margin)

By "(at the margin)" do you just mean that we're definitely aiming at some local optimum, and possibly missing better (but harder to reach) world/self states? If so, I agree. If not, I don't get your meaning.

Comment author: Matt_Simpson 20 August 2010 01:40:14AM *  1 point [-]