EchoingHorror comments on Compartmentalization in epistemic and instrumental rationality - Less Wrong

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Comment author: wedrifid 18 September 2010 04:22:38AM *  3 points [-]

Sour grapes are essential when they're one shot opportunities that we missed (perfect world: first learn from any mistake, then emotionally salve w/ sour grapes).

Sour grapes are never essential. Not only are there better emotional salves it is healthier to just not take emotional damage from missed opportunities or mistakes in the first place. (This is a skill that can be developed.)

Comment author: EchoingHorror 20 September 2010 04:02:13AM 4 points [-]

I take the "Meh, I've had worse" approach to deflecting emotional damage. I'm also partial to considering missed opportunities to be trivial additions to the enormous heap of missed opportunities before them.

No need for sour grapes here. In fact, let's keep all grapes sweet and succulent just in case we get them later.

Comment author: Relsqui 20 September 2010 04:25:27AM 1 point [-]

In fact, let's keep all grapes sweet and succulent just in case we get them later.

Thanks, now I'm hungry.

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