Armok_GoB comments on Open Thread: September 2011 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Armok_GoB 05 September 2011 10:50:52AM -1 points [-]

that's still the same class of problem: "screwed over by circumstances beyond reasonable control". Stretching it to full generality, "I made the optimal decision given my knowledge, intelligence, rationality, willpower, state of mind, and character flaws", only makes the framing WORSE because you remember how many things you suck at.