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shminux comments on Narcissistic Contrarianism - Less Wrong Discussion

-1 Post author: HalMorris 21 November 2014 12:19AM

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Comment author: shminux 21 November 2014 04:31:10AM 5 points [-]

Self-identified contrarians are best ignored. Those labeled "contrarian" by outsiders might be worth paying more attention to.

Comment author: HalMorris 21 November 2014 03:15:52PM 3 points [-]

I like that - probably a good rule of thumb, although it a stock-picker starts off saying they're a contrarian, I wouldn't necessarily stop listening. I'd also be more specific and say that labeled "contrarian" in an approving way by someone I trust might be worth paying attention to.

But rules of thumb aren't meant to be so wordy, so I still like yours.