stoppin_by comments on The Importance of Saying "Oops" - Less Wrong

55 Post author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 05 August 2007 03:17AM

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Comment author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 07 August 2007 06:03:56PM 2 points [-]

It would be possible to recognize large mistakes too early, rather than too late. Can anyone here think of any case where they've ever seen a human being do that?

Comment author: stoppin_by 03 July 2015 04:02:29AM *  0 points [-]

Sure. Assuming you desire a long term romantic relationship, if you end all romantic relationships that you see as most likely insufficiently desirable for a long term relationship there is a good chance you will not develop a good enough grasp of relationship etiquette, skills, & problem solving to appease a candidate that they would deem as a sufficiently desirable long term romantic companion. That behavior wouldn't strictly prevent the person from finding someone who would put up with their lack of knowledge but it sure would have a non-negligible probability of doing so.