gwern comments on What Direct Instruction is - Less Wrong

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Comment author: gwern 05 September 2011 07:02:35PM 3 points [-]

It's far easier to get the person with vivid memories of contemplating suicide to be more cautious than to get everyone in general to be more gentle.

Comment author: [deleted] 05 September 2011 07:21:48PM 1 point [-]

Well, that's certainly a good point, but I wasn't talking to everyone in general, either.

Comment author: Owen_Richardson 05 September 2011 07:38:59PM 0 points [-]

Please see "I wasn't contemplating suicide per se". I knew in advance that I would decide to keep fighting, as I always do. It is actually a technique I use to cheer myself up, rather like being underwater, and dipping down just a bit so that you can kick off the ground in order to spring back to the surface.