The Most Common Failure Mode in Stereotypically Smart People

by Justin Skycak (@justinskycak) on

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The most common failure mode in stereotypically smart people:

Correctly carrying out complex reasoning from assumptions that are false but often in a subtle sort of way.

Thinking that overpowered reasoning makes up for underpowered experience.

What you want is overpowered reasoning AND overpowered experience. That’s where the magic happens.

Even standard reasoning and overpowered experience goes a long, long way.


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