polymathwannabe comments on Learned Blankness - Less Wrong

130 Post author: AnnaSalamon 18 April 2011 06:55PM

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Comment author: polymathwannabe 24 February 2014 03:17:39PM *  0 points [-]

I tend to assume that I'm going to make a mistake, especially with new things. It doesn't help fix them, but at least I'm not surprised when it blows up in my face.

That's exactly how I learned to ride a bicycle at age 30.