Salemicus comments on Rationality Quotes August 2013 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Salemicus 22 August 2013 11:16:10PM 13 points [-]

Finding a good formulation for a problem is often most of the work of solving it... Problem formulation and problem solution are mutually-recursive processes.

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Comment author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 23 August 2013 06:45:06PM 3 points [-]

See also: "Figuring out what should be your top priority" vs. "Actually working on your current best guess".

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