anonym comments on Dreams with Damaged Priors - Less Wrong

36 Post author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 08 August 2009 10:31PM

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Comment author: anonym 09 August 2009 05:35:55PM 0 points [-]

Yeah, that would be taking it too far ;-).

I'm not advocating putting yourself into net-loss situations like intentionally getting drunk to practice, but if you happen to find yourself in a state (like in a dream or having a high fever) that presents special challenges and there are no negative consequences to practicing rationality, I think it would be good to do so. When it's easy to do in a dream or with a fever, it will be effortless in real life under "normal" circumstances.