GoldenWolf comments on Useful maxims - Less Wrong

26 Post author: ciphergoth 11 July 2012 11:56AM

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Comment author: GoldenWolf 11 July 2012 01:08:48PM 7 points [-]

Pillage then burn!

More seriously, the things you don't want to do right now are probably the things that you should be doing. Works for me.

Comment author: RolfAndreassen 11 July 2012 05:03:33PM 14 points [-]

I don't want to repeatedly punch myself in the face with a large hammer. I suggest that your maxim may need a small asterisk indicating that a certain amount of pre-selection has happened. :)

Comment author: novalis 11 July 2012 06:03:23PM 3 points [-]

Perhaps "the things you want to do some time, but not right now."

Comment author: pjeby 11 July 2012 09:15:58PM 11 points [-]

Perhaps "the things you want to do some time, but not right now."

More like, "the things you want to have done, but don't necessarily want to do."

Comment author: Morendil 11 July 2012 11:06:54PM 1 point [-]

That too has at least one counterexample. Many people want to have written a book, while very few want to write a book. Yet, I'm not sure I would advise everyone in the first category that the optimal decision is to embark on the effort.

Comment author: RichardKennaway 12 July 2012 06:35:10AM 4 points [-]

That too has at least one counterexample.

Every generalisation has at least one counterexample.

Comment author: Xachariah 13 July 2012 01:39:50AM 6 points [-]

Every generalisation has at least one counterexample.

Except for that one! Wait a minute...