That aside, though, I’m now so much better at stopping myself and saying ‘hang on, is this really going to work/is this really true/is this really right?’ Very, very generic, but certainly something I’ve noticed in myself.
Not in the top 100? If the goal of rationalists is to “win” given our various utility functions, you really think there are 100 better skills that aspiring rationalists could use to maximize their personal utility function and become “toe curling happy”?
Yes, but I wouldn’t put that in the top hundred, given the sort of things that other people are bringing up here.
Appears 3 times in my top 10.
That aside, though, I’m now so much better at stopping myself and saying ‘hang on, is this really going to work/is this really true/is this really right?’ Very, very generic, but certainly something I’ve noticed in myself.
Not in the top 100? If the goal of rationalists is to “win” given our various utility functions, you really think there are 100 better skills that aspiring rationalists could use to maximize their personal utility function and become “toe curling happy”?
Yes, and as noted, I think that the skill in question is UNDERRATED. I just think that there are a LOT of important things to learn in life.
I don’t have that skill. :(