BillK 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: BillK 22 September 2007 06:27:12PM 5 points [-]

Eliezer, I agree completely.

That is exactly the point of my original remark. Knowing that you should cut your losses due to a previous mistaken decision is not the difficult part. Deciding to actually do it and face the consequences is probably one of the hardest things people have to face in their life. It affects people personally because they have to admit that they have spent possibly many years on the wrong path. In some cases it will also have serious consequences on their friends and family.

Some people find it so hard to do that they will commit suicide in preference.