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

142 Post author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 02 January 2011 12:15AM

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Comment author: Alicorn 10 January 2011 02:54:57AM 0 points [-]

Yes, but not about sleep, only about things I had erroneously entangled therewith.

Comment author: Will_Sawin 10 January 2011 04:09:59AM 0 points [-]

Clearly there is no point in discussing definitions. I thought something interesting might be occurring, but in fact, nothing was.

Relevant conclusion: The proper mental exercises can form an effective solution to OP-style procrastination, in which the bad part of the activity you're not doing is very short, on the order of seconds or minutes. The other form of procrastination, in which the activity none is doing will be more fun than the activity you're not doing for a long period, will remain unaffected.