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ChristianKl comments on Open thread, June 20 - June 26, 2016 - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: Romashka 22 June 2016 07:07:57PM 0 points [-]

Sometimes, things happen that feel subjectively significant in a way, things that seem to throw earlier estimates out of the window and lead to recalculations - at least it feels like that - like an event happened that requires an answer. But it doesn't really condense in words, at least in my case, it seems like a sheet of sure belief in different things than I have actually learned of, in some unspecified ramifications.

How would one uphold rationality in the face of such a, well, learning experience?

Comment author: ChristianKl 22 June 2016 07:12:46PM 0 points [-]

It's often useful in cases like that to put your thoughts into writing.

Comment author: Romashka 22 June 2016 08:23:51PM 0 points [-]

Too confidential.

Comment author: g_pepper 22 June 2016 09:28:24PM 3 points [-]

Even if you do not share your written thoughts with anyone, writing them down can help to organize your thoughts into a form that can be more easily analyzed and evaluated (by you).

Comment author: ChristianKl 23 June 2016 11:03:34AM 0 points [-]

You can always write it down into a well encrypted file on your computer.