Qiaochu_Yuan comments on Rationality Habits I Learned at the CFAR Workshop - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Qiaochu_Yuan 10 March 2013 08:10:28PM *  8 points [-]

This is a CFAR-specific term, I think; it's short for "comfort zone expansion." Things like talking to strangers. The closest googleable analogue might be rejection therapy.

Comment author: Clarity 21 February 2016 03:19:26AM -1 points [-]

In bullfighting there is a term called querencia. The querencia is the spot in the ring to which the bull returns. Each bull has a different querencia, but as the bullfight continues, and the animal becomes more threatened, it returns more and more often to his spot.As he returns to his querencia, he becomes more predictable. And so, in the end, the matador is able to kill the bull because instead of trying something new, the bull returns to what is familiar. His comfort zone.

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