It does follow but I might still take the lesser of two evils and post it anyway. It's true that if I used a different name that would have been strictly better; for some reason that idea hadn't occurred to me. (Upvoted.) In retrospect I should have found the third option, but in practice when commenting on LW I'm normally already feeling as if I've gone out of my way to take a third option and feel that if I kept on in that vein I would get paralyzed and super-stressed. Perhaps I should update once again towards thinking harder and more broadly even at the cost of an even greater risk of paralysis.
Well, I endorse nonparalysis.
That said, sometimes thinking dilemmas through after I've made (and implemented) a decision and then, if I find a viable third option, noting it in my head so that it comes to mind more readily the next time I'm faced with a similar decision, can get me broad thinking and nonparalysis.
How do you notice when you're rationalizing? Like, what *actually* tips you off, in real life?
I've listed my cues below; please add your own (one idea per comment), and upvote the comments that you either: (a) use; or (b) will now try using.
I'll be using this list in a trial rationality seminar on Wednesday; it also sounds useful in general.