Comment on Doublethink (Choosing to be Biased)

Wed, 08 Dec 2010 05:53:42 GMT

Should I break down that barrier? I'm not sure. I'd do it if it would allow me to make money, I think. But not if it came at the cost of some kind of screaming Cthulhu horror.

Not to other-optimise, but yes.

As far as I can tell, the chances of encountering a true idea that is also a Lovecraftian cosmic horror is below the vanishing point for human brains. (There aren't neurons small enough to accurately reflect the tiny chances, etc)

It will also help you make money. Example: I received a promotion for demonstrating my ability to make more efficient rosters. This ability came from googling "scheduling problem" and looking at some common solutions, recognising that GRASP-type (page 7) solutions were effective and probably human-brain-computable - and then when I tried rostering, I intuitively implemented a pseduo-GRASP method.

That "intuitively implemented" bit is really important. You might not realise how much you rely on your intuition to decide for you, but it's a lot. It sounds like taking a lot of theory and jamming it into your intuition is the hard part for you.

Tangentially, how do you feel about the wisdom of age and the value of experience in making decisions?

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