RichardKennaway comments on Skill: The Map is Not the Territory - Less Wrong

49 Post author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 06 October 2012 09:59AM

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Comment author: johnlawrenceaspden 08 October 2012 01:41:25PM 3 points [-]

I was planning to paint my boat today. There's already a coat of paint on it, drying. If I overpaint today, that's optimal. If I wait till tomorrow, then I'll have to sand it down first.

It looks like it might rain, but the forecast is good. I don't know what effect rain will have on newly applied paint, or indeed on the current partly dried surface.

Do I spend the afternoon painting the boat or carry on sitting in a coffee shop reading Less Wrong?

Comment author: RichardKennaway 08 October 2012 04:32:39PM 7 points [-]

LessWrong will still be there tomorrow. The optimal opportunity to paint the boat won't be.