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SilentCal comments on Human factors research seems very relevant to rationality - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: SilentCal 22 June 2015 10:03:32PM 1 point [-]

I don't recall fixation error in the sequences, but something like it shows up in HPMOR, occurring in http://hpmor.com/chapter/67 and discussed in http://hpmor.com/chapter/68:

"But you, Miss Granger, had the misfortune to remember how to cast the Stunning Hex, and so you did not search your excellent memory for a dozen easier spells that might have proved efficacious."