Correction to Erin's clarification of Alan's summary of Paths Forward

This is a reply to an FI post.

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Subject: Re: [FI] paths forward summary challenge
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On Thu, Aug 13, 2015 at 3:35 PM, Erin Minter <erinminter@icloud.com> wrote:

> On Aug 12, 2015, at 6:27 PM, Alan Forrester alanmichaelforrester@googlemail.com [fallible-ideas] <fallible-ideas@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
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>> On 12 Aug 2015, at 06:10, Elliot Temple curi@curi.us [fallible-ideas] <fallible-ideas@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
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>>> i wrote a Paths Forward summary
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>>> http://curi.us/1761-paths-forward-summary
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>>> ok guys, now you each write a Paths Forward summary. then we look at all the summaries and try to find good ideas in each one, then make a better summary.
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>>> this is an important project because communicating Paths Forward to people would be really valuable. and making it SHORT and sweet would really help get people to read it and understand.
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>> People say you should be willing to open minded. You should be willing to consider new ideas because they might be better than your current ideas. But people don’t give substantive advice on how to do this.
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> And the advice should cover not only how to do it, but things you should do to prevent you from fooling yourself (which lots of ppl do).
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> So rather than just claiming to be open-minded based on a few self-selected memories where you remember changing your mind, a person needs a well-thought out, written, exposed-to-criticism plan for exactly how to make it happen.
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> Opportunities to change your mind and correct mistakes will slip thru the cracks if you don’t.  

And they will if you do. But a lot fewer will.

-- Rami