SaidAchmiz comments on Biases of Intuitive and Logical Thinkers - Less Wrong

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Comment author: SaidAchmiz 14 August 2013 12:02:25AM 0 points [-]

Yep. (Very relevant note: I am on the autism spectrum.)

Comment author: SatvikBeri 14 August 2013 04:34:04AM 1 point [-]

Good to know. Generally speaking, I would expect degrees of autism to have more predictive power than intuitive vs. logical, especially in that case. Controlling for autism though, I would say that on average, logical thinkers I've met tend to be more willing to recognize that the actions that lead to their goals are outside their comfort zone (and take those actions), while intuitive thinkers I've seen tend to be less inclined to do things that don't feel good (emotionally.) It ties in with the ignoring emotions point in the original post-intuitive thinkers are better at using their emotions productively, but tend to be ruled by their emotions even when it's not useful (and this is definitely a problem for me.)