L29Ah comments on How to build the skill and the habit of experimentation? - Less Wrong

5 Post author: Capla 15 November 2014 04:08PM

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Comment author: L29Ah 17 November 2014 04:34:56AM 2 points [-]

How would you build any other skill or habit? I don't really understand how the answer to your specific question would be different.

Comment author: MathiasZaman 17 November 2014 12:10:51PM 1 point [-]

Making a habit out of a simple action is easy. Reading non-fiction 30 hours per day doesn't have complex steps, for example. This seems true for a lot of habits people try to form. Reactive habits (such as noticing confusion) are harder to form. Reactive habits that are relatively complex, such as the habit of experimentation are probably the hardest to form and specific hints, tips or techniques might be useful.

Comment author: Capla 17 November 2014 04:37:19AM 1 point [-]

There may be people here with insights in to how to experiment well, that I can apply. alternatively, I might be told that my approach is misguided and Id to better to --