Vladimir_Golovin comments on Least Signaling Activities? - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Vladimir_Golovin 22 May 2009 11:58:44AM *  1 point [-]

What you might get from it with respect to signaling, is authentic experience you can later use while talking about solitary walks and thereby signaling.

Talking is not necessary -- if people know (by observing you directly or by any other means) that you take solitary walks, this is already a signal.

So, to turn such a walk into a pure 100% non-signaling activity, you'll need to make sure that no one will ever know about it. And even after that, the self-signaling component you're talking about will still remain, because there's no way for you to forget the experience completely.