1/ The right time to ask sanity-check questions about node n on a thought trail is when you've already explored tree about n+6 levels deep
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2/ Value of what you find in the (n+1, n+6) exploration depths is what justifies the effort devoted to sanity-checking level n, to derisk
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3/ However, there is a risk: people at n+1 or beyond levels who don't know you will think you're being naive with your questions
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ones that test basic assumptions on which longer chains of reasoning are based
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Hmm... possibly. Exploration that looks like exploitation on the surface.
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Okay, I see where you're going with casuistry. The dark pattern here is leading the witness etc.
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Interesting that the primary context is moral reasoning in law from cases. I use it very differently: amoral, and with assumptions
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