Kingreaper comments on Ureshiku Naritai - Less Wrong

119 Post author: Alicorn 08 April 2010 08:08PM

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Comment author: Kingreaper 25 November 2010 07:07:40PM 1 point [-]

I get the impression that the technique is most effective at moving to 5, or maybe 5.5/6 also.

Not because 5 is a particular level of happiness, but because it's not. Part of the trick is likely in the labeling of your preferred position AS 5, and thereby making it the "default" state.