MathiasZaman comments on Open thread, Nov. 24 - Nov. 30, 2014 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: DataPacRat 24 November 2014 10:39:06AM 7 points [-]

What does your inner Quirrellmort tell you?

Has your internal model of the most competent person you can imagine ever given you an insight you wouldn't have thought of with more traditional methods?

Do you have more than one such useful sub-personality?

Does your main mode of thinking bring anything to the table that your useful mental models of others don't? If so, what?

Comment author: MathiasZaman 24 November 2014 11:00:11AM 2 points [-]

He mostly tells me to kill annoying people.

Do you have more than one such useful sub-personality?

No, but I'm working on them. I've found my inner Hufflepuff to be particularly helpful in actually getting things done.

Incidentally, is there a name for the "sub-personality technique?"

Comment author: DataPacRat 24 November 2014 11:03:41AM 3 points [-]

Incidentally, is there a name for the "sub-personality technique?"

'Deliberately induced dissociative identity disorder'?

'Cultivation of tulpas'?

'Acting'?

Comment author: somnicule 24 November 2014 11:12:06AM 5 points [-]

Internal Family Systems is the analogous therapy technique, I think.

Comment author: SolveIt 24 November 2014 09:48:46PM 4 points [-]

What would Jesus do?

Comment author: RichardKennaway 24 November 2014 10:14:06PM 3 points [-]
Comment author: Vulture 25 November 2014 03:34:37AM 0 points [-]

Cultivation of tulpas

This already refers to a similar, but much dicier, technique.