Alicorn comments on Procedural Knowledge Gaps - Less Wrong

126 Post author: Alicorn 08 February 2011 03:17AM

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Comment author: Alicorn 08 February 2011 05:30:30PM 1 point [-]

I categorize cooking as an organizational skill - I have some ingredients, and I'm going to arrange them in a way that suits me. The algorithms I engage aren't that different from the ones that come into play when I organize the junk on my desk.

Comment author: Blueberry 10 February 2011 09:56:16PM 0 points [-]

The algorithms I engage aren't that different from the ones that come into play when I organize the junk on my desk.

A task many people also find boring and painful, sadly.

Comment author: MartinB 08 February 2011 05:33:48PM 0 points [-]

I see it as a process. The few things I can cook and cook regularly I tend to optimize to their absolute minimum effort needed.