orthonormal comments on The Substitution Principle - LessWrong

68 Post author: Kaj_Sotala 28 January 2012 04:20AM

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Comment author: orthonormal 26 January 2012 08:41:15PM 4 points [-]

A better summary might be: if you intuit a quick answer to a complex question, it's often instead an answer to a related question about your current mental/emotional state, and as such is subject to noticeable biases.