pjeby comments on Poll results: LW probably doesn't cause akrasia - Less Wrong

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Comment author: CronoDAS 18 November 2011 12:41:49AM 0 points [-]

Rather, I'm saying that you must actually abandon your product goal and replace it with a pure process goal, having no attachment to achieving a particular result.

That seems like a recipe for lost purposes to me...

Comment author: pjeby 18 November 2011 04:53:33AM 1 point [-]

That seems like a recipe for lost purposes to me...

Attachment and desire are two separate things. I can desire to lose weight, without being attached to losing weight on any given day. As mentioned in the grandparent comment, this has actually netted me a good 40 pounds of weight loss. How are your non-"lost purposes" doing, instrumentally?

Comment author: CronoDAS 19 November 2011 12:14:43AM 0 points [-]

Attachment and desire are two separate things. I can desire to lose weight, without being attached to losing weight on any given day.

Okay, I understand what you mean now.

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