nhamann 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: nhamann 08 April 2011 09:33:31PM 4 points [-]

If you want to carry a brimming cup of coffee without spilling it, you may want to "change" your goal to instead primarily concentrate on humming.

I keep reading this over and over, trying to figure out what it means. What does humming have to do with not spilling a cup of coffee?

Comment author: jimrandomh 08 April 2011 10:11:11PM 5 points [-]

One way people spill drinks is by overcorrecting for waves. That only happens if you're looking at the drink and trying not to spill it, so focusing on something else avoids that failure mode.