timtyler comments on Open Thread: May 2009 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: timtyler 02 May 2009 08:36:01PM 0 points [-]

The ability to solve epistemic problems where motor actions are inhibited - and all the agent can do is indicate the correct answer - seems like an important subset of problems a rational agent can face - if only because this skill is less complicated to learn - and is relatively easy to test.

I believe this skill is usually referred to as "reasoning". Maybe we should be discussing this subject more than we do.