Psy-Kosh comments on Fun and Games with Cognitive Biases - Less Wrong

62 Post author: Cosmos 18 February 2011 08:38PM

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Comment author: Psy-Kosh 18 February 2011 10:12:58PM 1 point [-]

Interesting, though one bit confused me.

Could you clarify this bit?

Get people to internalize the FAE about their own behavior to take more agency in their lives

Thanks.

Comment author: Cosmos 20 February 2011 09:52:03PM 1 point [-]

We were not sure how exactly to accomplish this, but if you could convince someone that the outcomes in their life were primarily a result of their effort (instead of being dictated by external circumstances), that could motivate them to try harder.

Comment author: Psy-Kosh 22 February 2011 04:48:29PM 1 point [-]

Ah, thanks. Though the flipside of that might be that it might convince them that past failures prove that they're a lost cause.

Comment author: bigjeff5 28 February 2011 01:42:48AM 0 points [-]

That's when you help them crank up the Overconfidence Bias. ;)

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