jimrandomh comments on Generalizing From One Example - Less Wrong

259 Post author: Yvain 28 April 2009 10:00PM

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Comment author: pjeby 29 April 2009 04:17:09PM 0 points [-]

Uncontrollable imagination that you can tell from reality but can't get rid of isn't fun either.

True. Sometimes I find it annoying when a song gets stuck in my head. I usually just replace it with a song I like better, though.

Still, it would be nice to be able to learn how to suppress auditory information like that... which sounds like something you learned to do. Any pointers?

Comment author: jimrandomh 29 April 2009 05:29:01PM 0 points [-]

Still, it would be nice to be able to learn how to suppress auditory information like that... which sounds like something you learned to do. Any pointers?

This came up awhile ago; actually, we went back and forth a few times about it, here. That discussion looks like a clear case of the typical mind fallacy, on both our parts, but there may still be something of value there.