drethelin comments on The correct response to uncertainty is *not* half-speed - Less Wrong

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Comment author: drethelin 16 January 2016 07:27:31AM 1 point [-]

This article only makes sense if there's no confusion about whether a building is your hotel or not. Half-speed makes a lot of sense if you're interested in paying close attention to what is going on around you. It's also very useful to slow down if you become drastically uncertain, because if you don't know where you're going it's better not to be going in random direction at full speed while you're thinking about it.