Ritalin comments on Rationality Quotes October 2013 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Ritalin 19 October 2013 05:25:27PM 0 points [-]

I never said there never need to be any down times, I said there was no such thing as conservation of emphasis. Even in Lagann, the down times were tense, emotional affairs; at their lightest, they were deeply contemplative; that is hardly a lack of intensity.

Comment author: Luke_A_Somers 20 October 2013 05:37:45PM 2 points [-]

On second thoughts, there is no particular minimum to emphasis, so it clearly isn't conserved. There is an issue of diminishing returns.

Comment author: Ritalin 20 October 2013 08:25:42PM 0 points [-]

Phrased that way, I have to agree. Of course, diminishing returns can be streched with proper technique, but they are there nonetheless.