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ChristianKl comments on Is arrogance a symptom of bad intellectual hygeine? - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: ChristianKl 21 March 2015 10:46:21PM 1 point [-]

There are times where being skeptical pays of. There are other times where it's useful to have a low bar of accepting new information. When a startup CEO goes pitching to investors he has to project confidence. On the other hand there are times in his business when it's very useful to think critically about the assumptions the business makes.

The important thing is to have behavior that makes sense in a particular context.