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Gunnar_Zarncke comments on Group Rationality Diary, March 22 to April 4 - Less Wrong Discussion

6 Post author: gjm 23 March 2015 12:17PM

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Comment author: Gunnar_Zarncke 29 March 2015 08:14:22PM 0 points [-]

I'm 'using' a friend as a sanity check and reasoning validator. I know that I over-adapt to new ideas quickly and he is a natural but friendly skeptic so he has to endure my never ending stream of ideas (my own or second hand).

Using friends to boost you rationality (by using differnt strength of thought could be a pattern that could see more use, or?

Comment author: erratio 07 April 2015 03:05:52PM 2 points [-]

I am of the opinion that most friends could stand to use each other a lot more than they currently do. But it takes a particular kind of friend to be able to say that explicitly without offending them :p