mutterc comments on collecting successes and deltas - Less Wrong

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Comment author: mutterc 23 March 2011 01:46:13AM 9 points [-]

I had trouble like this with inferential distance, describing my at-the-time Big Issue to my first psychiatrist:

Me: "I have a good life but can't enjoy it because I'm convinced the Invisible Hand is going to snatch it away anytime now."
Her, writing notes: "What kind of invisible hand?"
Me: short Adam Smith summary

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