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| + | To be humble is to take specific actions in anticipation of your own errors. To confess your fallibility and then do nothing about it is not humble; it is boasting of your modesty. | ||
| + | |[http://yudkowsky.net/rational/virtues Twelve Virtues of Rationality]}} | ||
| − | + | Not to be confused with [[social modesty]], or [[motivated skepticism]] (aka [[disconfirmation bias]]). | |
| − | + | ==Blog posts== | |
| − | + | *[http://lesswrong.com/lw/gq/the_proper_use_of_humility/ The Proper Use of Humility] | |
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| − | + | *[[Modesty]] | |
| − | + | *[[Fallacy of gray]] | |
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| + | [[Category:Twelve virtues of rationality]] | ||
Latest revision as of 01:29, 7 February 2011
To be humble is to take specific actions in anticipation of your own errors. To confess your fallibility and then do nothing about it is not humble; it is boasting of your modesty.
Not to be confused with social modesty, or motivated skepticism (aka disconfirmation bias).
