johnlawrenceaspden comments on Rationality Quotes October 2014 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: johnlawrenceaspden 04 October 2014 12:26:43PM 3 points [-]

Not disagreeing, but "The natural human reaction to making a mistake is embarrassment and anger (we are never angrier than when are angry at ourselves)" is weird.

Why is the natural...anger?

Also, is that even true for everyone? I make mistakes all the time and don't feel that, so I'm thinking he means "to publically taking a strong position and then being made to look like a fool", which I certainly do feel. But maybe not?

Comment author: gjm 04 October 2014 02:43:08PM 2 points [-]

If it's not true for you then it isn't true for everyone. But FWIW it's somewhat true for me (though "anger" is a strong word). I get cross at how unreliable my brain is.