imuli comments on If you could push a button to eliminate one cognitive bias, which would you choose? - Less Wrong

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Comment author: imuli 09 April 2015 03:37:14PM 3 points [-]

There are a significant number of people who judge themselves harshly. Too harshly. It's not fun and not productive, see Ozy's Post on Scrupulosity. It maybe would be helpful for the unscrupulous to judge themselves with a bit more rigor, but leniency has a lot to recommend it as viewed from over here.

Comment author: [deleted] 09 April 2015 03:56:09PM 0 points [-]

Thanks for the link. Yes, it is possible to inflict much self-pain on our perceived faults, but interestingly they tend to be different things than what others would judge us over. I get the most criticism for not listening to people, ignoring what I am told, while I beat up myself over mainly the lack of willpower.