Wei_Dai comments on Rationality Quotes April 2012 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Wei_Dai 22 April 2012 07:46:27PM 2 points [-]

Merely that I am bold and that my behavioral tendencies and strategies in this kind of area are just signals of that boldness? Dave's model seems far more accurate and useful in this case.

I find that my brain doesn't automatically build detailed models of LW participants, even the most prominent ones like yourself, and I haven't found a strong reason to do so consciously, using explicit reasoning, except when I engage in discussion with someone, and even then I only try to model the part of their mind most relevant to the discussion at hand.

I realize that I may be engaging in typical mind fallacy in thinking that most other people are probably like me in this regard. If I am, I'd be curious to find out.