Nisan comments on Rational Repentance - Less Wrong

36 Post author: Mass_Driver 14 January 2011 09:37AM

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Comment author: Nisan 14 January 2011 05:44:58PM 0 points [-]

Yep, I was going to suggest this.

"you can't change your behavior once you arrive on the scene"

What does this mean?

Comment author: TheOtherDave 14 January 2011 06:04:35PM 4 points [-]

It was a reference to the original post; the story about Josh Steiber. What I mean is, if I choose a community in order to reinforce a lifestyle, I make it more difficult to extract myself from that lifestyle if I later choose my mind. It's a powerful solution, but it's not a flexible one.