Emile comments on Best career models for doing research? - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Emile 10 December 2010 10:32:22PM 4 points [-]

But generally most of all I want to know about truths that other agents don't want me to know about.

I'm not sure that's a very good heuristic - are you sure that truly describes the truths you care most about? It seems analogous to the fact that people are more motivated by a cause if they learn some people opposes it, which is silly.