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Comment author: SilasBarta 07 October 2009 03:05:07PM 5 points [-]

It sounds like you're writing off the Romantic view without properly understanding it. Every day is an adventure! Why 'taskify' "attracting mates" when you can just follow your intuition and see where the road takes you?

Because following my intuition is the default state, and results in precisely zero romantic relationships.

Why is it so hard to communicate that people giving romantic advice don't quite understand what situation their audience is in?

Comment author: thomblake 07 October 2009 03:22:19PM 0 points [-]

results in precisely zero romantic relationships.

The Romantic view doesn't specify that if you follow your intuition, then good things will happen.

Some adventures don't go well.

Comment author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 07 October 2009 04:55:57PM 10 points [-]

If you follow your intuition and good things never happen, it's time to take the Romantic view and put it on a rocket ship and fire that rocket ship into the Sun.

Comment author: thomblake 07 October 2009 05:47:38PM 5 points [-]

Phfft - just what a Realist would say.

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