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-- Farenheit 451
I'll be sticking around a while, although I'm not doing too well right now (check the HPMOR discussion thread for those of you interested in viewing the carnage, it's beautiful). It's not really a rationality problem, but I need to learn how to deal with other people who have big egos, because apparently only two or three people received my comments the way I meant them to come across. Plus, I like the idea of losing so much karma in one day and then eventually earning it all back and being recognized as a super rationalist. Gaining the legitimate approval of a group who now have a lot against me will be a decent challenge.
Also I doubt that I would be able to resist commenting even if I wanted to. That's probably mostly it.
This is actually a really worthwhile skill to learn, independently of any LW-related foolishness. And it is actually a rationality problem.
You mean to the extent that any problem at all is a rationality problem, or something else?
It's a bias, as far as I'm concerned, and something that needs to be overcome. People with egos can be right, but if one can't deal with the fact that they're either right or wrong regardless of their egotism, then one is that much slower to update.
Dealing with others' irrationality is very much a rationality problem.