RichardKennaway comments on Reference Points - Less Wrong

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Comment author: RichardKennaway 17 November 2010 05:23:19PM * 1 point [-]

"Jam now" is a necessary condition, not a sufficient one.

first hour or day

If I decide to, say, learn Spanish, then I expect every hour spent on the task, including the first one, to pay a perceptible return.

Comment author: xamdam 17 November 2010 05:37:30PM 1 point [-]

I accept this as a valid point - first hour/day is an important heuristic indicator of goodness, but Eli wrote

You only need to convince them that the first hour or day