I already came to that conclusion (Torture) when I posted on the October 7th in the previous thread. When I was thinking about the problem again on October 11th, I didn't want to just repeat the exact same cached thoughts again, so I tried to think "Is there anything else about the problem I'm not thinking about?"
And then I thought "Oh look, concepts similarly to what other people mentioned on blog posts I've read. I'll use THEIR cached thoughts. Aren't I wise, parroting back the words of expert rationalists?" But that's a horrible method of thinking that wont get me anywhere.
Furthermore, I ended my post with "I'm going to have to give this more thought." Which is a stupid way to end a post. if it needs more thought, it needs more thought, so why did I post it?
So actually, I agree with your down vote. In retrospect, there are several reasons why that is actually a bad post, even though it seemed to make sense at the time.
So actually, I agree with your down vote.
For clarity: I didn't downvote you.
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