Desrtopa comments on Working hurts less than procrastinating, we fear the twinge of starting - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Desrtopa 07 January 2011 04:40:46AM 1 point [-]

I think the answer in general is 'no.' Consider going swimming and having to overcome the pain of entering water colder than surrounding. This pain, less momentary than the one in question and (more or less) equally discounted, doesn't produce problematic hesitation.

I was under the impression that most people hesitated considerably dealing with that barrier. Perhaps I paid more attention to people whose behavior resembled my own.