Lumifer comments on Self-Congratulatory Rationalism - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Lumifer 24 April 2014 03:22:54PM 1 point [-]

it means "treat everyone's comments as though they were made by a sane , intelligent, person".

I don't like this rule. My approach is simpler: attempt to understand what the person means. This does not require me to treat him as sane or intelligent.

Comment author: TheAncientGeek 24 April 2014 05:09:36PM 2 points [-]

How do you know how many mistakes you are or aren't making?

Comment author: TheAncientGeek 17 August 2015 06:54:20PM -1 points [-]

The PoC is a way of breaking down "understand what the other person says" into smaller steps, not .something entirely different, Treating your own mental processes as a black box that always delivers the right answer is a great way to stay in the grip of bias.