taryneast comments on Would Your Real Preferences Please Stand Up? - Less Wrong

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Comment author: taryneast 26 July 2011 04:17:16PM 2 points [-]

Hmmm good point. When I first began at university, my homework-reflex acted like rat#1. Eventually I trained myself to think like rat#2 in many cases - that improved things a lot.

I still battle the rat#1 tendencies and try to force myself to realise that the rat#2 strategy is actually optimal.

It does seem like my natural instinct is to feel like rat#1, and I have to consciously override to act like rat#2 - usually by forward-planing when I'm feeling stronger (well rested, well fed etc).