Nebu comments on Never Leave Your Room - Less Wrong

66 Post author: Yvain 18 March 2009 12:30AM

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Comment author: Yvain 18 March 2009 09:50:47AM *  17 points [-]

That's a very interesting idea. Again, it reminds me of certain forms of magic - for example, of magic practioners who used to surround themselves with imagery of the God of Music before a music recital on the theory it would help them play better. I wish there were studies as to the effectiveness of that, but it's kind of hard to get funding to study magic. I suspect that saying a prayer to God for help resisting temptation may work in the same way - you're activating your concept of God and with it the entire religious system of morality and self-control. In the same way, giving yourself a reminder of rationalism or even reciting one of those rationalist litanies might make the stuff you learn here more salient.

Tell you what - tattoo "Less Wrong" on your palm and post a picture on here, and I'll upvote ten of your comments. Ten karma points! Think about it! That would totally be worth it!

Comment author: Nebu 18 March 2009 02:56:33PM 2 points [-]

Tell you what - tattoo "Less Wrong" on your palm and post a picture on here

Is there a "Less Wrong" logo? The "map/territory" imagery in the banner is interesting, but seems too complex as a logo/tattoo.