The No do-overs section reminded me of a recent conversation. A friend was giving me a lift home from a rationality meetup, we got off of the highway, and I told him to turn right. We should have turned left. Once we realised my mistake, I apologized. His response was something along the lines of “We’ve just been talking for the last three hours. Why do you believe I’d be averse to spending another five minutes with you?”
The feeling I had wasn’t really that there was any badness to spending more time talking, but I knew that he was meeting someone else after dropping me off, and I didn’t want to make him late. I dislike being late. I projected that feeling on to him.
No do-overs is also often felt when you forget people’s names.
Also, I want to congratulate you for writing the exam. :)
The No do-overs section reminded me of a recent conversation. A friend was giving me a lift home from a rationality meetup, we got off of the highway, and I told him to turn right. We should have turned left. Once we realised my mistake, I apologized. His response was something along the lines of “We’ve just been talking for the last three hours. Why do you believe I’d be averse to spending another five minutes with you?”
The feeling I had wasn’t really that there was any badness to spending more time talking, but I knew that he was meeting someone else after dropping me off, and I didn’t want to make him late. I dislike being late. I projected that feeling on to him.
No do-overs is also often felt when you forget people’s names.
Also, I want to congratulate you for writing the exam. :)
Oooh, yes! The names thing is definitely a good example of this!
Thanks for sharing!