Mqrius comments on The benefits of madness: A positive account of arationality - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Mqrius 03 July 2013 02:55:10PM 0 points [-]

Besides being very interesting in the topics covered, this post has shifted my inclination to try drugs (to the trying drugs side).

Up to now, I didn't feel like trying anything serious. I saw no clear benefit, and I was afraid that it would mess with my core reasoning. I depend on my "reasoning core" to operate in stressful, inebriated, or otherwise compromised situations. Messing with that seemed like a Bad Idea.

Thinking about it now, though, I recognize that my core reasoning is not an isolated crystal anyway, being influenced by emotions and subconscious thoughts, resulting in things like procrastination. I think pushing this a little further and learning to deal with it might potentially actually help dealing with normal situations.

I'm still wary of messing something up, and I'll still be careful. But at least I've started considering it now.

I hope you manage to write the proposed sequence(s) at some point!