pjeby comments on Pain and gain motivation - Less Wrong

45 Post author: Kaj_Sotala 07 April 2010 06:48PM

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Comment author: pjeby 07 April 2010 10:56:50PM 1 point [-]

As for studying, the goal isn't to study, per se; it's to do well on the test.

Beyond that, it's the improvements or fixes to Status, Affiliation, Safety, or Stimulation that you expect to get as a result of whatever outcome you expect doing well on the test to produce. So, the "mmm" test is a way of verifying that you actually engaged the anticipation of one of those things.