# Dface's Discussion of "Judging and Fixing Your Own Errors"

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**Created:** [August 6, 2026, 4:20pm UTC](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/t/dfaces-discussion-of-judging-and-fixing-your-own-errors/2229 "2026-08-06T16:20:01Z")
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### Author: ![Dface](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/user_avatar/discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/dface/32/3926_2.png) [@Dface](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/u/Dface)
#### Post date: [August 8, 2026, 11:04pm UTC](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/t/dfaces-discussion-of-judging-and-fixing-your-own-errors/2229/17 "2026-08-08T23:04:56Z")

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> [@Judging and Fixing Your Own Errors](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/t/judging-and-fixing-your-own-errors/492/1):
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> ## Binary Goals
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> Perhaps the most important concept for judging which errors/problems are worth working on is to look at issues _decisively_ in terms of _which goals will this issue cause failure at_? Here we’re talking about hypothetical or abstract goals, not necessarily _your_ goals. They are goals you _could_ have, but you’ll have to decide which ones to use as your own personal goals and which not to.

Here’s the first sentence/question:

> [@Judging and Fixing Your Own Errors](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/t/judging-and-fixing-your-own-errors/492/1):
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> Perhaps the most important concept for judging which errors/problems are worth working on is to look at issues _decisively_ in terms of _which goals will this issue cause failure at_?

I see the first word of the sentence is:

> [@Judging and Fixing Your Own Errors](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/t/judging-and-fixing-your-own-errors/492/1):
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> Perhaps

That shows I think that whatever is said ahead of the sentence is a possibility? Maybe it’s what looks right so far for now. Like, it’s not refuted by anything major yet.

The next part of the sentence:

> [@Judging and Fixing Your Own Errors](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/t/judging-and-fixing-your-own-errors/492/1):
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> the most important concept for judging which errors/problems are worth working on

“Perhaps” applies to the above quote and the rest of the sentence.

What does “the most important concept” mean? “The most” means like the highest in order or something. Idk I gotta check. I saw some definitions from Merriam and gemini. I saw gemini quote from a reddit thread to say that “most” means highest in degree or extent.

I think concepts are things to be understood and used, so if you do the one that the sentence is talking about then you’ll be able to judge which errors/problems are worth working well.

I think this is the most important concept that’s being talked about:

> [@Judging and Fixing Your Own Errors](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/t/judging-and-fixing-your-own-errors/492/1):
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> is to look at issues _decisively_ in terms of _which goals will this issue cause failure at_?

I see “_decisively" and "which goals will this issue cause failure at_?” are italicized. That’s probably important. It means something.

“issues” are like problems or errors i think. It’s a problem situation probably? Issues can make goals fail. Like, they’re things that cause failure at the goal I think.

You can see the sentence like this to give you an idea of what to do:

“look at” x “in terms of” y. If you do that then you can kind of know that you can use words to use the most important concept. I think

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