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Lumifer comments on Instrumental Rationality Questions Thread - Less Wrong Discussion

6 Post author: AspiringRationalist 27 September 2015 09:22PM

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Comment author: NancyLebovitz 28 September 2015 04:32:59PM 7 points [-]

It's not as though men are reliably good partners, either.

If there's any good advice for identifying people who are likely to be reliable allies over the long haul (if they're treated decently), I'd like to see it.

Comment author: Lumifer 28 September 2015 07:00:12PM 1 point [-]

You need good judgement.

How do you acquire good judgement? Through lots of experience.

How do you acquire lots of experience? Through bad judgement.

X-)