Annoyance comments on Beware Trivial Inconveniences - Less Wrong

90 Post author: Yvain 06 May 2009 10:04PM

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Comment author: Annoyance 07 May 2009 05:52:48PM -1 points [-]

We didn't need that particular example for that - it's just one that you immediately recognize as being shockingly stupid.

When we're as shockingly stupid on something as the person we're examining, we don't notice their error, because it's ours as well.