ChristianKl comments on A Dialogue On Doublethink - Less Wrong

52 Post author: BrienneYudkowsky 11 May 2014 07:38PM

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Comment author: ChristianKl 11 May 2014 09:05:54PM 2 points [-]

You don't need mental models involving God or not god for any practical purpose .. other than solidarity with your community.

Oathes do work as a commitment device if you think that the God on which you swear is real and will punish you really exists. No automatic tracking like Beeminder, but still a decent alternative.

Comment author: [deleted] 12 May 2014 11:21:07AM 1 point [-]

But such punishment is even further away in time than staying fat or failing the exam, so if the latter can't motivate you to diet or study...