JQuinton comments on Military Rationalities and Irrationalities - Less Wrong

21 Post author: pscheyer 09 September 2013 11:48PM

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Comment author: JQuinton 10 September 2013 05:05:40PM 13 points [-]

The one thing that the military taught me, if you can even consider it "rationality", was to not be paralyzed by indecision if you have insufficient information. This is what I was thinking of when Luke critiques the "straw rationalist" on his Facing The Intelligence Explosion website.

Comment author: Brigid 12 September 2013 04:12:27AM 3 points [-]

"A 70 percent solution now is better than a 100 percent solution later" ~USMC

(You may disagree, depending on your field).