moridinamael comments on Others' predictions of your performance are usually more accurate - Less Wrong

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Comment author: moridinamael 13 November 2014 01:53:09PM 10 points [-]

Generally speaking, it's more useful to believe that you can improve than to believe that improvement is impossible. If toddlers predicted their own walking ability based on past performance only, they would despair of ever walking.