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Jiro comments on Leaving LessWrong for a more rational life - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: Jiro 23 May 2015 10:22:49AM 3 points [-]

There's a difference between succeeding too often and succeeding despite not testing his ideas. The problem isn't having too many failed ideas, the problem is that testing is how one rules out a failed idea, so he seems unreasonably lucky in the sense that his refusal to test has unreasonably few consequences.