Stabilizer comments on Rationality Quotes October 2013 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Stabilizer 03 October 2013 09:15:52PM 25 points [-]

A majority of life's errors are caused by forgetting what one is really trying to do.

-Charlie Munger

Comment author: snafoo 09 October 2013 08:35:44PM 5 points [-]

Hyperbole.

Comment author: [deleted] 13 October 2013 01:14:00AM 1 point [-]

If we narrow the domain to software desgin and slap on some rigourous type systems and big unit testing suites it starts looking better for this statement.

Comment author: savageorange 14 October 2013 11:08:07AM *  2 points [-]

On reflection, 'forgetting' is the wrong word here.

We don't default to being definite about anything, least of all our aims. Clear awareness has to be built and maintained, not merely uncovered.