Vulture comments on Goal Setting and Goal Achievement - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Vulture 08 November 2013 11:49:22PM 0 points [-]

In that case, the equation is misleading and really shouldn't be used at all. This seems to be a common issue with self-help books and the like: sprinkling in equations for "mathiness points", without actually thinking about things like what the units would be, or whether it actually matches up as a model. The "Happiness Equation" is another example.