If you suspect something is factually true, don’t be afraid to believe it. It can’t hurt you. -- SarahC
Gibberish is toxic; if you bend your mind to make sense of it, your whole mind warps slightly. -- Myself
Learning one was wrong (and updating) is a good thing. One should be more interested in obtaining information than winning debates. -- Violet
You shouldn’t just trust whatever your thoughts say; have your second thoughts monitoring them. And have your third thoughts monitor that. -- luminosity (edited slightly for length)
You shouldn’t just trust whatever your thoughts say; have your second thoughts monitoring them. And have your third thoughts monitor that.
I don’t think that this is very useful. I actually did this for a day or so, but the amount of mental effort that it took to do it was definitely not worth it. I would probably limit it to one level of monitoring, considering that you don’t have a huge amount of computing power to work with.
During the London meetup we also mentioned that this self-questioning may be related to procrastination, and by self-observation I tend to put more weight on it as an explanation.
Harvested from Five-minute rationality techniques:
I don’t think that this is very useful. I actually did this for a day or so, but the amount of mental effort that it took to do it was definitely not worth it. I would probably limit it to one level of monitoring, considering that you don’t have a huge amount of computing power to work with.
I find myself doing this with any spare computing power I have. Is it worth the effort to stop?
During the London meetup we also mentioned that this self-questioning may be related to procrastination, and by self-observation I tend to put more weight on it as an explanation.