crazy88 comments on Living bias, not thinking bias - Less Wrong
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I didn't push this line explicitly so they weren't guessing the teacher's password in that sense, nor did I ask whether they thought biases affected them.
Instead, of their own volition, at the end they volunteered comments like, "I find that I'm most driven to learn when I realise I've been doing something wrong all along". People didn't make these sorts of comments in responses to other presentations given in the same environment.
In fact, they were so fascinated by the results that people continued to discuss them as they left the class and that definitely wasn't the case with other presentations.
I'm not denying you could be right but I'd love to know why you think that.
Ah, that sounds much better.
Mostly because of
It felt likely that due to your concern about "other people, not me" it would come across as the "right answer" in your presentation. But it's quite possible that's not the case, from your extended description.