Armok_GoB comments on Teachable Rationality Skills - Less Wrong

52 Post author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 27 May 2011 09:57PM

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Comment author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 27 May 2011 10:10:02PM 3 points [-]

Exercise: Say "Ducks" whenever someone sneezes.

(No, this was not my idea. Jasen again.)

Comment author: Armok_GoB 30 May 2011 06:10:33PM 1 point [-]

Exercise: Use the speech characteristics of some favourite show/character/stereotype of yours that you don't already.

Examples: talk like a pirate, as described by some online guide (MLP) use evrypony/nopony instead of "one", Hay and Horse Apples as expletives, etc. (homestuck) use troll terms for everything, if writing (especially on paper) use a typing quirk Pronounce l33tspeak avoid using words that contain a specific letter try to include a pun on a specific theme in every sentence

(warning; could get very annoying for the environment)

... hmm, after further consideration, these might not actually work very well, it comes up so often (every sentence) that you don't get a chance to forget about them. Might be a good exercise for somehting else thou.