wedrifid comments on What's the best way to rest? - Less Wrong

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Comment author: wedrifid 17 June 2012 04:06:57PM 5 points [-]

I use a heuristic for cases like this: What did ~11th century Catholics do?

Crusade to retake the holy lands. Sounds tiring. I recommend you stick to the gardening idea for rest and relaxation. Or, at least, stick to the heuristic "What would Will's fantasy model of an 11th century Caotholic do?"

Comment author: Eugine_Nier 18 June 2012 09:52:41PM 2 points [-]

Invading to take back lands that were taken from you or your allies by a hostile power is something that even 20th century westerners do.

Comment author: Will_Newsome 17 June 2012 04:40:17PM 1 point [-]

Unfortunately I don't have a fantasy model of 11th century Catholics, so that heuristic is out. Also I don't see what point you're trying to make. Maybe you're making a joke?

Comment author: [deleted] 18 June 2012 12:40:10PM 1 point [-]

Crusade to retake the holy lands.

I guess only a very small fraction of ~11th century Catholics did that.

Comment author: wedrifid 18 June 2012 01:18:20PM 3 points [-]

I guess only a very small fraction of ~11th century Catholics did that.

I guess Will's heuristic is only a small fraction absolutely batshit insane then.