PhilGoetz comments on Backchaining causes wishful thinking - Less Wrong

15 Post author: PhilGoetz 19 May 2010 07:01PM

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Comment author: PhilGoetz 22 May 2010 12:02:32AM 0 points [-]

What's the "something like this" in your sentence refer to?

Comment author: apophenia 24 May 2010 04:04:33AM *  0 points [-]

Replacing a belief that actually obtains i.e. food, with a belief that actions it is already taking (sitting in place) will obtain it food.