thomblake comments on The Sin of Underconfidence - Less Wrong

55 Post author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 20 April 2009 06:30AM

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Comment author: thomblake 20 April 2009 04:22:09PM 0 points [-]

I agree - overcorrecting in action might well be a good technique for simply correcting virtue. A coward might do well by being brash for a bit, to settle in at courage after the fact.