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Comment author: lukeprog 25 December 2011 02:48:25AM *  3 points [-]

Glad I asked, because I was guessing that by "rational self-help" you meant something like "practical advice backed by deep theories" (e.g. How to Beat Procrastination or Explainers Shoot High; Aim Low), and by "working on the Art" you meant a subset of that which focused on self-help for improving rational thought in particular.

But the way you're using the terms, it sounds like "rational self-help" means anecdote-grounded other-optimizing, while "working on the Art" means "rationally-grounded advice for self-improvement, including but not limited to improving rational thought."

Comment author: [deleted] 25 December 2011 02:51:35AM -2 points [-]

Yes.