OrphanWilde comments on Open Thread, January 1-15, 2013 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: OrphanWilde 14 January 2013 04:05:49PM 3 points [-]

I have a query - exactly how interested are people here in improving the efficiency of their daily lives? To whit, would a discussion about efficient toilet habits be welcome or unwelcome? (No, I'm not joking, nor am I working up to a toilet joke, I'm entirely serious.)

Comment author: [deleted] 17 January 2013 02:09:08AM 1 point [-]

It is far more important what you are doing than how efficiently you do it. Discussions of specific low-level habits have low value of information.

Further, LW is mostly about the meta questions: how to think, how to strategise, etc.

Comment author: Viliam_Bur 15 January 2013 05:05:38PM 1 point [-]

Imagine all the attention such article would get on the RationalWiki! They would rewrite the LW page from scratch... :D

Comment author: Oscar_Cunningham 14 January 2013 08:03:06PM 1 point [-]

Unwelcome.

Comment author: gwern 17 January 2013 01:22:24AM 1 point [-]

Unless it involves meta-analyses, regressions, value of information calculations, or preferably all 3!