matt comments on Practical Advice Backed By Deep Theories - Less Wrong

42 Post author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 25 April 2009 06:52PM

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Comment author: matt 03 May 2009 06:11:27AM *  4 points [-]

I'm a bit confused as to your goal, Eliezer.

Are you trying to find a fully general solution to the akraisia problem, applicable to any human currently alive… or do you want to know how you can overcome akrasia? The first is going to be a fair bit harder than the second, and you probably don't have time to do that and save the world.

If you shoot a little lower on this one and just try to find something that works for you I think your argument will change… quite a lot.