fubarobfusco comments on Fake Amnesia - Less Wrong

8 Post author: Gram_Stone 03 April 2016 09:23PM

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Comment author: NancyLebovitz 03 April 2016 09:37:14PM 4 points [-]

I've heard that as a behavior is being extinguished, it becomes less common, but it's just as intense when it happens. That's something else to check.

Comment author: fubarobfusco 03 April 2016 10:00:58PM 1 point [-]

This makes intuitive sense, anyway: someone who is about to smoke (what turns out to be) their last cigarette before they finally succeed in quitting, does not therefore do a half-assed job of lighting it.