Meta-Note: This is great! We should make this into a monthly or bi-monthly recurring thread like "Rationality Quotes" or "What are you working on?".
Back to the topic: I overestimated the efficacy of my anti-depressant and now believe that it was mainly placebo.
I overestimated the efficacy of my anti-depressant and now believe that it was mainly placebo.
What evidence was it that led you to this conclusion?
DISCLAIMER: I'm curious about this because I had the opposite experience; right now I'm just curious but this is a reminder to myself not to get argumentative about the fact that people have different subjective experiences and chemical reactions to things.
Admitting to being wrong isn't easy, but it's something we want to encourage.
So ... were you convinced by someone's arguments lately? Did you realize a heated disagreement was actually a misunderstanding? Here's the place to talk about it!