The Power of Reframing the Desire to Be Right

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If you really want to be right, that in a sense makes you more motivated to figure out what the true answer is. But it's also tricky in any given situation because really wanting to be right in that instance makes you less likely to notice the ways in which you're wrong and could improve your map of the world. So yeah, that was kind of the goal of this reframe was to replace the desire to beright in that particular argument and just refocus your attention on your desire to be right for the long term.

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What are "scout" and "soldier" mindsets? How can we have productive disagreements even when one person isn't in scout mindset? Is knowing about good rationality habits sufficient to reason well? When do we naturally tend to be in scout mindset or soldier mindset? When is each mindset beneficial or harmful? Are humans "rationally irrational"? What are the two different types of confidence? What are some practical strategies for shifting our mindset in the moment from soldier to scout?

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