spriteless comments on The Substitution Principle - Less Wrong

68 Post author: Kaj_Sotala 28 January 2012 04:20AM

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Comment author: Vaniver 26 January 2012 03:49:08PM 2 points [-]

Figuring out the particular heuristic seems more interesting than useful - "don't trust immediate answers" is a good rule

Well, except for all those times where second-guessing makes you worse off.

Comment author: spriteless 07 February 2012 08:11:25PM 0 points [-]

That's like saying people are being too rational. Get better at second guessing. Get better at being rational.