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Pavitra comments on States of knowledge as amplitude configurations - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: Pavitra 13 June 2011 12:39:37AM 0 points [-]

In general, if you find yourself stuck or confused on a question of philosophy, try the following things in order:

  1. Try to reduce it to a decision problem.

  2. Walk away and come back to it later with a fresh perspective.

  3. Ignore the question, it probably didn't matter anyway.