Thanks for the input, good suggestions on starting points. Particularly positive bias, I remember what it was but forgot how important it is.
What background knowledge do you think is necessary for holding off on proposing solutions? Everyone I’ve explained it to understood it without any problems. Though, I didn’t bring cognitive biases into the explanation.
So about the girlfriend… A large part of the results came from just asking her out. Being in high school, I had a habit of “liking” someone for a long time, maybe telling her, but then never doing anything in particular about it. Rationality made me notice that that’s pretty much guaranteed to result in nothing. So you’re a good part of the way there.
With regards to asking someone out, I’ve found that unless the other person is already interested in you, starting the conversation with asking doesn’t really work. When she’s in a good mood (I normally measure this by laughing—and I’m assuming you know the difference between “haha you’re hilarious and awesome” laughing and “eww/awkward” laughing), she’s more likely to say yes. Saying things in the wrong part of the conversation can cause awkwardness.
Thanks for the input, good suggestions on starting points. Particularly positive bias, I remember what it was but forgot how important it is.
What background knowledge do you think is necessary for holding off on proposing solutions? Everyone I’ve explained it to understood it without any problems. Though, I didn’t bring cognitive biases into the explanation.
So about the girlfriend… A large part of the results came from just asking her out. Being in high school, I had a habit of “liking” someone for a long time, maybe telling her, but then never doing anything in particular about it. Rationality made me notice that that’s pretty much guaranteed to result in nothing. So you’re a good part of the way there.
With regards to asking someone out, I’ve found that unless the other person is already interested in you, starting the conversation with asking doesn’t really work. When she’s in a good mood (I normally measure this by laughing—and I’m assuming you know the difference between “haha you’re hilarious and awesome” laughing and “eww/awkward” laughing), she’s more likely to say yes. Saying things in the wrong part of the conversation can cause awkwardness.
Also don’t act particularly tense about it.