[HN Gopher] The formation and revision of intuitions (2023) [pdf]
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       The formation and revision of intuitions (2023) [pdf]
        
       Author : luu
       Score  : 35 points
       Date   : 2024-04-27 15:05 UTC (7 hours ago)
        
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       | nico wrote:
       | > Many choose to uphold their intuition, even when directly
       | confronted with simple arithmetic that contradicts it
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       | My experience agrees with that, both being stubborn myself and
       | also being on the receiving end of that
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       | I wonder if there is a benefit to sticking with our intuition
       | even if we are wrong in the moment
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       | For example, my intuition might lead me to start a business. I
       | might fail and you could say my intuition was wrong, because it
       | led me down the wrong path. But maybe I start a second business,
       | incorporating my lessons from the first one, and now it's
       | successful. Was my intuition now right?
        
         | Jensson wrote:
         | But unlike simpler situations starting a business isn't
         | something with a known answer how it will go, so there you need
         | to listen to your intuition, but in other cases like physics
         | you should listen to the math and theory.
        
         | esafak wrote:
         | > I wonder if there is a benefit to sticking with our intuition
         | even if we are wrong in the moment
         | 
         | The evidence or your reading of it could be wrong, and it saves
         | you mental energy.
        
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