edragonu comments on Open Thread: August 2009 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: edragonu 02 August 2009 04:05:24PM 0 points [-]

That seems to me a definition of effectiveness, not focus.

Comment author: gwern 02 August 2009 07:05:35PM 0 points [-]

Mayhap effectiveness is focus. Two words may denote the same concept, after all. As I said, any other definition seems to be essentially 'having in one's mind only that which is wanted', which is not a definition at all. My scores on DNB are positively correlated with my subjective impressions of focus; it's good enough for me.