Psy-Kosh comments on The Ritual - Less Wrong

34 Post author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 11 October 2008 11:52PM

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Comment author: Psy-Kosh 12 October 2008 10:28:17PM 0 points [-]

J.K.: Uh... I think we're in agreement on that. Maybe I was unclear in what I said (or, possibly, thought. :))

I meant: Sure, avoiding going in the same mental loops over and over is a good thing, and telling yourself "stop, I already thought of that, no need to redo it" is fine. I meant more "but be careful not to stop yourself from taking something you already figured out in a _different_ direction than previously."