(I upvoted this post because I saw that its score was at −1. I normally avoid doing this, but here I make an exception because, while this is not a quality article, I think this sort of thing should be encouraged here on Less Wrong, the sort of “I have a doubt and I want to know about to do about it” posts that this is an example of.
Saying,
This back-and-forth from certainty to uncertainty makes me feel like I’m doing something seriously wrong.
took at least some courage. Let us not punish that. On the other hand I do feel like this is more appropriate for the open threads, but nobody checks them the week before a new one anyway.)
(I upvoted this post because I saw that its score was at −1. I normally avoid doing this, but here I make an exception because, while this is not a quality article, I think this sort of thing should be encouraged here on Less Wrong, the sort of “I have a doubt and I want to know about to do about it” posts that this is an example of.
Saying,
took at least some courage. Let us not punish that. On the other hand I do feel like this is more appropriate for the open threads, but nobody checks them the week before a new one anyway.)