Alicorn comments on The True Rejection Challenge - Less Wrong

43 Post author: Alicorn 27 June 2011 07:18AM

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Comment author: Alicorn 27 June 2011 05:10:02PM -1 points [-]

My solution to the sweating problem is to pick out clothes that are 'okay to sweat in', go for a run, then wash the clothes and have a shower immediately. I experience being sweaty as being very unpleasant, but with the attitude of "in these clothes, that doesn't matter", I can get around that.

It's a textural issue, not an attitudinal one.

Really bare-bones mp3 players can be bought here for 15 units of local currency, so with rechargable batteries, that isn't a good reason. Most phones can play mp3s, and come with free headsets.

The object is to get around my reasons, not dismiss them as bad reasons. Also, I don't have a phone.

Comment author: [deleted] 27 June 2011 05:28:40PM 3 points [-]

The object is to get around my reasons, not dismiss them as bad reasons.

I understand that that's the object, but I hope you aren't excluding the possibility that some of your reasons--or anyone's reasons--might actually be bad reasons. That's a concern I have with this whole post: it could be a net rationality loss if you let your attitude shift from "I will do X if objections W, Y and Z are overcome," to "I will do X if and only if etc."

Comment author: Alicorn 27 June 2011 05:33:47PM 0 points [-]

It is certainly possible that some reasons are bad. When people have presented options as partial solutions, I am in some cases willing to meet those partial solutions halfway. But "It only costs $X and it's a functionality that comes with $OBJECT so that can't be too much even though I know nothing about your finances or why you want free options" is not a responsive answer to my complaint that things cost money. X ≠ 0 and I don't have $OBJECT already.

Comment author: [deleted] 27 June 2011 06:13:08PM 1 point [-]

You know that wasn't me, right?

Comment author: Alicorn 27 June 2011 06:26:21PM 1 point [-]

Didn't say it was.