MichaelVassar comments on The Most Frequently Useful Thing - Less Wrong

11 Post author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 28 February 2009 06:43PM

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Comment author: Ziphead 28 February 2009 09:13:09PM 15 points [-]

Expecting Short Inferential Distances

One of many posts that gave me a distinct concept for something I previously had been only vaguely aware of, and this one kept coming back to me all the time. By now, I don’t think it’s an extreme exaggeration to say that I make use of this insight every time I communicate with someone, and of all the insights I picked up from OB, this might be the one I most frequently try to explain to others. It doesn’t seem like the most important thing, but for some reason, it immediately struck me as the most frequently useful one.

Comment author: MichaelVassar 01 March 2009 02:28:35AM 3 points [-]

I think I'll second that, though the attitude that there's an exact right amount to update on every piece of information is really important too.