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DeVliegendeHollander comments on In Defense of the Fundamental Attribution Error - Less Wrong Discussion

9 Post author: OrphanWilde 03 June 2015 06:46PM

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Comment author: [deleted] 04 June 2015 01:47:43AM 7 points [-]

Yeah, I came to the conclusion a while ago that the fundamental attribution error is actually the attributation we give to ourselves. We should really be more likely to see something (EG being late) as a part of our character that we can work on, instead of something caused by outside circumstance.

Comment author: [deleted] 06 June 2015 09:16:42PM 2 points [-]

We are more likely to cheat towards forgiving ourselves than towards being harsh on others, hence the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nemo_iudex_in_causa_sua