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

[Dface]

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@Elliot

Instead of trying to consider “How big a deal is this error?” you can change the question to “Which goals will this error cause failure at and which goals will succeed anyway?” In other words, which goals is it actually an error for? It’s not an error in terms of the goals it doesn’t cause failure at.

The second sentence:

@Elliot

In other words, which goals is it actually an error for?

Idk what “it” means. But I think it’s talking about the error like, “the error is for that goal and not for that other goal.”

I see it says

@Elliot

an error for

I think that means an error for a goal. I see that sentences end with a preposition when “which” is present

@Elliot

It’s not an error in terms of the goals it doesn’t cause failure at.

Yeah if you only had the goals that don’t fail cuz of the error then it’s not an error for those goals. When I think of error it’s like messing up or making a mistake. You don’t make a mistake or mess up if you succeed at your goals you were aiming for. I think there could be some confusion here tho like. im saying “your goals” but I thought we were talking about hypothetical goals?