NancyLebovitz comments on Akrasia hack survey - Less Wrong

10 Post author: John_Maxwell_IV 30 November 2012 01:09AM

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Comment author: NancyLebovitz 30 November 2012 01:51:38PM 2 points [-]

I clicked, and then found I was up against way too much akrasia to want to address the questions.

Comment author: John_Maxwell_IV 30 November 2012 01:53:26PM 3 points [-]

Wow, interesting! I'd definitely like to hear you elaborate if you're comfortable.

Comment author: NancyLebovitz 30 November 2012 02:15:20PM *  4 points [-]

I'm not sure how much I can elaborate-- it seemed like a very undifferentiated ugh field. I not only didn't want to do more, I didn't want to think about how to get myself to do more.

It took some sense of duty to make my first comment rather than just letting the whole thing go.

Comment author: Giles 30 November 2012 07:40:45PM 3 points [-]

Do you think "ugh" should be listed as a response to survey questions? (Or equivalently a check box that says "I've left some answers blank due to ugh field rather than due to not reading the question" - not possible with the current LW software, just brainstorming)

Comment author: NancyLebovitz 30 November 2012 08:10:30PM 4 points [-]

That's not a bad idea-- possibly a short version would be "I don't want to think about the subject".