Small groups: Hypothetical Apostasies
If a belief has grown important for your identity, you have acquired a stake in believing it to be true… Writing a Hypothetical Apostasy forces
you to actually question the belief again.
(http://wiki.lesswrong.com/mediawiki/images/c/ca/How_to_Run_a_Successful_Less_Wrong_Meetup_Group.pdf p23)
Practical goals: counter confirmation bias and motivated stopping.
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