Johnicholas comments on Failure Modes sometimes correspond to Game Mechanics - Less Wrong

17 Post author: Johnicholas 07 April 2011 11:18PM

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Comment author: Johnicholas 08 April 2011 10:27:19AM 1 point [-]

Can you suggest a better example of replacing an ultimate goal by a proximate one?

Comment author: wedrifid 08 April 2011 02:59:44PM 2 points [-]

"Keep your eye on the ball!" (Note, it is the trying to keep your eye on the ball that seems to provide the benefit. If you study the actual motion of the eyes the last instants of motion basically don't get tracked anyway.)