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AnnaSalamon comments on How do you notice when you're rationalizing? - Less Wrong Discussion

12 Post author: AnnaSalamon 02 March 2012 07:28AM

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Comment author: AnnaSalamon 02 March 2012 07:44:52AM *  4 points [-]

Cue for noticing rationalization: I notice that I want a particular conclusion, and that I don't actually anticipate updates from the considerations that I'm "thinking through" (if alone) or saying/hearing (if conversing).

Comment author: torekp 04 March 2012 01:55:25AM 0 points [-]

The first part is the big one for me. When I'm reading a study and see "the results of our experiment were..." and I know what I want to see next, warning bells go off.