Viliam comments on Open thread, Feb. 01 - Feb. 07, 2016 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Viliam 06 February 2016 10:56:00PM 2 points [-]

Seems to me that besides wasting time, the psychological danger is that too much daydreaming may switch the person emotionally from "I do have nothing yet -- anything I do will be an improvement" to "I have a perfect dream -- anything I do will be a disappointment".