RichardKennaway comments on Pathological utilitometer thought experiment - Less Wrong

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Comment author: RichardKennaway 26 October 2010 07:50:58PM *  1 point [-]

Some more constructive versions of this thought:

"If I had six hours to cut down a tree, I'd spend four of them sharpening my axe."

Learning how to learn.

Knowing how to know.

Comment author: Rain 26 October 2010 11:40:38PM 1 point [-]

How about "analysis paralysis"? "You think too much"? That's more what I had in mind.