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cousin_it comments on Crazy Ideas Thread, Aug. 2015 - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: cousin_it 12 August 2015 03:32:35PM *  1 point [-]

Yeah, it's a bit similar to growth mindset. Is it rational to believe in growth mindset if you know that believing in it with probability 100% makes it work with probability 50%? :-) I guess it only works if you're good at compartmentalizing, which is itself an error by LW standards.