orthonormal comments on New Year’s Resolutions Thread - Less Wrong

8 Post author: MichaelVassar 30 December 2009 09:36PM

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Comment author: orthonormal 30 December 2009 11:47:09PM *  2 points [-]

On the other hand, based on Wiseman's survey, public commitments help more often than hurt with regard to New Year's resolutions. Possible reasons for the discrepant results include the hard-and-fast nature (Near-mode) of most New Year's resolutions, compared to the fuzzy properties (Far-mode) of many identity-related goals.