MixedNuts comments on Rationality Quotes: June 2011 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: MixedNuts 07 June 2011 12:26:32PM 13 points [-]

Okay, so the essence of wisdom is to be exactly as suspicious of everything as you should be, the first-pass approximation of wisdom is to remain suspicious of what you want to be true, and the second-pass approximation of wisdom is to be also suspicious of current beliefs you want to be untrue.

Comment author: servumtuum 08 June 2011 05:09:40AM 4 points [-]

MixedNuts, I take the quote as a mental "post-it note" reminder to be cognizant of the potential presence of confirmation bias-in both directions as you stated.