Alexei comments on Reasons for being rational - Less Wrong

57 Post author: Swimmer963 01 July 2011 03:28PM

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Comment author: Alexei 26 June 2011 12:39:17AM 10 points [-]

just as annoying as my sensitivity to religious memes and my inability to say no to anyone.

Sounds like you need to undergo reverse rejection therapy. Ask some people at the next meetup to ask you for things/favors/anything, and your goal is to say 'no' to all of them. May be everyone can be a target and all of you can rotate.

Comment author: jsalvatier 27 June 2011 05:09:48PM 3 points [-]

Good idea! If you ask people to ask you to do things you should definitely not do, it may get you into the habit of saying 'no'. Examples, cause it's funny:

  • "Hey would you come over and cook dinner for my cat?"
  • "Would you give me 5 bucks?"
  • "Would you tie my shoe for me?"
  • "Go over there and kiss that stranger."
  • "Give me a piggy back ride."

You can ask people to make their requests more or less ridiculous so you feel like you want to say yes against your better judgment.

Comment author: michaelcurzi 27 June 2011 06:37:31AM 2 points [-]

N = 1 agrees. If this is something you're serious about changing, this would be a cheap way to try it.

Comment author: XFrequentist 28 June 2011 04:04:23PM 1 point [-]

I suggested "Learning to say 'No'" as an addition to Swimmer963's goal list at one of our first meetups. This sounds like a good way to implement it (should she so desire, of course).

Comment author: Swimmer963 30 June 2011 01:37:12PM 1 point [-]

Ok. Next meetup (that I can make it to), let's do it!

Comment author: XFrequentist 30 June 2011 09:29:23PM 1 point [-]

On the agenda!

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