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by RcouF1uZ4gsC 89 days ago
And if a result is surprising to you, you should trust it less and look into it more deeply.

And if you do so, one of two good outcomes will hopefully happen:

1. You find the result is bogus

2. You learn something new and update your internal model of the world.

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This ignores a huge blind spot that humans have: confirmation bias.

There is no accurate heuristic which is a good short.