NancyLebovitz comments on Rationality Quotes: October 2009 - Less Wrong

7 Post author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 22 October 2009 04:06PM

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Comment author: MichaelVassar 23 October 2009 06:45:46AM 3 points [-]

You can. Just think about the details of the pain rather than the pain itself. Rest your attention on what the pain draws your attention towards and the pain goes away.

Comment author: NancyLebovitz 23 October 2009 08:09:32AM 1 point [-]

Does this free up your attention for other things, or does the pain keep coming back?

Comment author: MichaelVassar 15 November 2009 04:29:53PM 0 points [-]

It stops coming back if its minor pain. You have to try a few times and it isn't totally effective when you aren't concentrating for more serious pain.