Oscar_Cunningham comments on Activation Costs - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Oscar_Cunningham 25 October 2010 11:03:12PM *  4 points [-]
  • Every action you take has an activation cost (perhaps zero)
  • These costs vary from person to person
  • These costs can change over time

Wow, is there anything your theory can't explain? Seriously, I think "activation costs" are so broad as to be useless.

Comment author: lionhearted 26 October 2010 02:41:05PM 1 point [-]

Wow, is there anything your theory can't explain? Seriously, I think "activation costs" are so broad as to be useless.

Okay, I'd like this to be useful. What do you recommend we do for elaboration, detail, data, processes, or otherwise to explore this in a more useful way?

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