Trying to turn arguments into near-term predictions is the best technique I've got for not relying on other people to do my error checking.
I'm not sure what you mean by this. Can you explain and/or give some examples?
Checking that beliefs pay rent kinda stuff. For an example: I believe that a new acquaintance is treating me coldly. I predict I'll see some of the things I'm missing when she interacts with other people (smiles, extended responses, etc), but when I don't observe this, I realize that my original belief was wrong and she probably just has an unusual baseline response.
Basically I'm trying to get into the habit of turning descriptions of the present world into predictions about the future world. Then I don't need someone else to catch me out; reality will.
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