eirenicon comments on Never Leave Your Room - Less Wrong

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Comment author: eirenicon 20 July 2009 04:09:40AM 0 points [-]

The few times I experimented with similar techniques (usually expressed as self-help rather than magic), I found it impossible to suspend disbelief, and ended up laughing at myself and giving up.

The most interesting thing I've read on it says you ought to laugh and make fun of yourself, because chaos magic is ridiculous and can't possibly be real. Then you forget about it, and then it works.

I'm not sure about the last bit, though.