Risto_Saarelma comments on Reflective Control - Less Wrong

13 Post author: lionhearted 02 September 2013 05:45PM

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Comment author: Risto_Saarelma 03 September 2013 12:23:17PM 0 points [-]

How do the willpower and action values differ in the rating? High will and low action sounds like an akrasia situation where you want something but can't bring yourself to act towards it. But we generally call that a case of low willpower, so does high willpower and low action actually mean something different? What about a high action and low willpower situation, what does that mean in practice?

And how do you grade your reflectivity, doesn't it start going up whenever you start doing the rating exercise and thinking about how you're doing?

Comment author: maia 04 September 2013 05:13:54AM 2 points [-]

I interpreted "action" more or less as meaning "energy." So high energy helps you go do exercise or something, but doesn't help you avoid cookies; similarly, high willpower might help you do both, but if you are low energy and high willpower, avoiding cookies is comparatively easier than doing exercise.