endoself comments on How To Be More Confident... That You're Wrong - Less Wrong

24 Post author: Wei_Dai 22 May 2011 11:30PM

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Comment author: endoself 28 May 2011 02:31:08AM *  0 points [-]

do NOT fix your design and present it again

I didn't really expect it to work; I just wanted to try this because Wei Dai said that it might teach me something. I fully realized that my surprise at its failure was not a rational emotion, I just felt that it was important to acknowledge this surprise in order to help my emotions better reflect my rational thought in the future. That article was interesting though (the memo, not the attack; I haven't read that yet).

Comment author: ciphergoth 29 May 2011 05:36:44AM 1 point [-]

That's fine :-) it's just that having spotted an attack and dashed off a comment, I get nervous that someone will draw the wrong inference if I don't cryptanalyze a proposal. Thanks for setting my mind at rest!