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ChristianKl comments on Open Thread Feb 22 - Feb 28, 2016 - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: ChristianKl 29 February 2016 09:10:38AM 0 points [-]

a commentor on 7chan concisely making a very epistemically and instrumentally complex claim: >'you only look for advice that confirms what you were going to do anyway'

That's true for some people. Mostly in social enviroments were people aren't good at giving advice.