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The part of the book most likely to trouble LessWrong readers is when Adams recommends engaging in self-delusion.

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Adams defines [affirmations] as the “practice of repeating to yourself what you want to achieve while imagining the outcome you want.”

Having by random chance just read Stuck in the middle with bruce the 'obvious' explanation why this might work is that it balances one subconscious effect (the inner self-deprecating excuse searching Bruce) with another one: the affirmative positive delusion.

This may work as a heuristic and for people who cannot deal with their inner Bruce in other ways but doesn't sound like a good general advice for rationalists. It surely doesn't for me. But then my Bruce is no frightend traumatic voice but an aware risk aversive plan B agent. If I looe I will know why I make excuses.

I read only the summary. I don't like interviews (they are often too slow).