Whether, Not Why [Overcoming Bias]
By Daniel Miessler on November 18th, 2008: Tagged as Debate | Psychology
An excellent post.
Excerpt:
When someone asks you “Why are you doing X?”,
And you don’t remember an answer previously in mind,
Do not ask yourself “Why am I doing X?”.
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Instead, try to blank your mind – maybe not a full-fledged crisis of faith, but at least try to prevent your mind from knowing the answer immediately – and ask yourself:
“Should I do X, or not?”
Links
[ Back Up and Ask Whether, Not Why | overcomingbias.com ]
