abramdemski comments on Rational vs Reasonable - Less Wrong
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Another stopgap measure which has helped me is to, when I finish a statement (maybe finish writing an email, or finish making a point in conversation) consider whether I've been unreasonable. An immediate correction can follow in person, or for an email, a new revision.
(Some of that has more to do with being rational than reasonable, but the two aren't completely different, after all.)
A further comment:
This kind of afterthought-based correction eventually trickles into the first-thought reasoning to some extent, because it alters the incentive structure (you learn not to say things that you'll just end up correcting). So, it may be more useful than it sounds.