Nornagest comments on Rationality Quotes April 2012 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: [deleted] 18 April 2012 12:44:24PM 8 points [-]

A weak man is not as happy as that same man would be if he were strong. This reality is offensive to some people who would like the intellectual or spiritual to take precedence. It is instructive to see what happens to these very people as their squat strength goes up.

-- Mark Rippetoe, Starting Strength

Comment author: Nornagest 22 April 2012 06:37:02AM 3 points [-]

Hmm. This sort of thing seems plausible, but I wonder how much of it is strength-specific? I've heard of eudaimonic effects for exercise in general (not necessarily strength training) and for mastering any new skill, and I doubt he's filtering those out properly.

Comment author: [deleted] 22 April 2012 01:17:16PM 0 points [-]

Why was this downvoted?

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