Alicorn 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: Spurlock 16 March 2011 11:51:14AM 2 points [-]

I wonder if avoiding the food that you merely "want" and eating something you'll "like" will always be sufficient for ridding yourself of the original desire. Suppose I finish that slice of cheesecake, but my cheeto craving remains unfulfilled? Perhaps it would be helpful to give into our desires in very small amounts, like eating 4 cheetos instead of the bag, so as to not carry around a bunch of unrealized desires all the time.

Comment author: Alicorn 16 March 2011 04:20:53PM *  4 points [-]

This can work, but the "4 cheetos and not the bag" is tricky. Eat four cheetos - then close the bag, put it away, walk into another room, and get comfy, so you don't want to get up and get more cheetos when the aftertaste dies down and your mouth says "hey... wait... I was tasting that!"