torekp comments on Find yourself a Worthy Opponent: a Chavruta - Less Wrong

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Comment author: torekp 07 July 2011 01:35:12AM 3 points [-]

I find that others are much better at spotting my reasoning errors than I am. That goes double for coming up with hypotheses I hadn't considered. I think I can damp down the temptation for myself to compete, enough to get net benefits from the factors I just mentioned. The temptation for the other to compete is a little trickier, but it causes less damage to my learning than my competing would.