jimrandomh comments on Enjoying food more: a case study in third options - Less Wrong

20 Post author: MBlume 16 March 2011 06:23AM

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Comment author: jimrandomh 16 March 2011 01:55:27PM 1 point [-]

Tying to eat only a small number seems like a bad idea; you'll give your ape-mind the idea that cheetos are a constrained resource, and also keep the memory of what they taste like fresh, which will just make you want more of them.

Comment author: Spurlock 16 March 2011 02:16:41PM 1 point [-]

Hm. Maybe our brains just work differently. I've had great success using this strategy to conserve ice cream :-)