dspeyer comments on Rationality Quotes May 2014 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: SaidAchmiz 02 May 2014 09:24:39PM 3 points [-]

To a first approximation:

{ critical thinking skills; an ability to work with and interpret numbers and statistics; a willingness to experiment, to open up to change }

vs.

{ knowledge of the past and other cultures; access to the insights of great writers and artists }

Then you've got this one by itself because what the heck does it even mean:

{ the ability to navigate ambiguity }

Comment author: dspeyer 08 May 2014 06:37:06AM 0 points [-]

Then you've got this one by itself because what the heck does it even mean:

{ the ability to navigate ambiguity }

Perhaps the ability to work with poorly-defined objectives? Including how to get some idea of what someone wants and use that to ask useful questions to refine it?