RichardKennaway comments on Why Don't Rationalists Win? - Less Wrong

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Comment author: RichardKennaway 20 September 2015 12:57:34AM 0 points [-]

How would you do (1) without making hypotheses and testing them, i.e. (2)?

Comment author: Viliam 21 September 2015 08:49:28AM 0 points [-]

Reading a book... debating with other smart people in a web forum... reading another book... trying to solve the problems in your map alone before you even touch the territory...

Seems to me this is what people often do when they try to do (1).