army1987 comments on White Lies - Less Wrong

38 Post author: ChrisHallquist 08 February 2014 01:20AM

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Comment author: [deleted] 11 February 2014 12:39:18PM 1 point [-]

Some day I really should get around to writing the post I've been thinking of for about a year.

Comment author: Benquo 12 February 2014 02:07:32PM 5 points [-]

Write the bad version now. Don't worry about the good version until you have a complete bad one.

Comment author: [deleted] 23 February 2014 11:10:31AM 3 points [-]

K. opens gedit

Comment author: hyporational 11 February 2014 01:41:25PM 1 point [-]

Just don't lie to yourself.

Comment author: [deleted] 23 February 2014 11:31:50AM 1 point [-]

You know, unfortunately I'm so much worse at not lying to myself than at not lying to others. (Then again, I've found a way to put this to a good use: if promising myself I won't eat junk food from the vending machines doesn't work, I promise that to my girlfriend instead. See also Beeminder. Yvain's “fictional deities” approach also sounds interesting.)