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

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Comment author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 20 August 2010 05:03:09AM 9 points [-]

Success is not assured. I'm not sure what's meant by confessing to being "ambitious". Is it like being "optimistic"? I suppose there are people who can say "I'm being optimistic" without being aware that they are instantiating Moore's Paradox but I am not one of them.

I also disclaim that I do not believe myself to be the protagonist, because the world is not a story, and does not have a plot.

Comment author: Jonathan_Graehl 20 August 2010 10:02:35PM 0 points [-]

Yes, that was exactly the sense of "ambitious" I intended - the second person sneering one, which when used by oneself, would be more about signaling humility than truth. I see that's not your style.