Lumifer comments on Rationality Quotes 18 - Less Wrong
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What colloquial interpretation is there to this that you don't like? I would have read it as "Before trusting a watch, consider how well multiple watches agree with each other."
The standard ("colloquial") interpretation is that you should carry one watch only lest you become confused -- aka too much data leads to thinking and thinking is hard (and possibly painful).