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24 Post author: sixes_and_sevens 25 April 2012 12:12PM

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Comment author: buybuydandavis 26 April 2012 02:12:13AM 15 points [-]

And it amuses me when rationalists get frustrated at the elementary errors, and mistakenly think that they "should know better", despite the overwhelming evidence that they don't. It especially amuses me when that rationalist is me. I should know better, and I do upon reflection, but rarely do in the moment.

Comment author: [deleted] 26 April 2012 03:08:40PM 3 points [-]

It seems our brains really are built to assume short inferential distances.