Document comments on Rationality Quotes August 2013 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: cody-bryce 02 August 2013 10:28:23PM 10 points [-]

I just think it's good to be confident. If I'm not on my team why should anybody else be?

-Robert Downey Jr.

Comment author: Document 03 August 2013 02:25:30AM 11 points [-]

I think it's good to be well-calibrated.

Comment author: wedrifid 03 August 2013 03:06:40AM *  13 points [-]

I think it's good to be well-calibrated.

It is usually best to be socially confident while making well-calibrated predictions of success. The two are only slightly related and Downey is definitely talking about the social kind of confidence.

Comment author: Document 03 August 2013 04:08:28AM *  2 points [-]

Good point. I'm still not sure I like his framing of social interactions as getting people on "your" team (which I may be partly biased in by the source of the quote), but the objection in my initial post isn't a good one.