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Visakan Veerasamy@visakanv• almost 7 years ago

all the most powerful heuristics are like power tools – they're easy to misuse and hurt yourself (and others) with if you don't know what you're doing

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11/8/2018

Visakan Veerasamy@visakanv• almost 7 years ago

Replying to @visakanv

literally any decent piece of advice can be weaponized in some way to justify getting back on your bullshit

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11/8/2018

Visakan Veerasamy@visakanv• over 6 years ago

Replying to @visakanv

In part because of motivated reasoning + and in part because of bandwidth limitations https://t.co/nZoLUrFDhg

Visakan Veerasamy@visakanv• over 6 years ago

For advice to work for everybody all the time, it would have to include so many caveats and exceptions that it would vastly exceed the giver’s bandwidth of expression as well as the receiver’s bandwidth of acquisition

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5/22/2019

Visakan Veerasamy@visakanv• over 2 years ago

Replying to @visakanv

in this context: knowing how to stop your power tool is more important than knowing how to use your power tool https://t.co/36wsOCNhxc

Visakan Veerasamy@visakanv• over 2 years ago

knowing when to abandon what you know, is more important than knowing what you know

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2/8/2023