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Eugine_Nier comments on How can humans make precommitments? - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: Eugine_Nier 15 September 2011 02:05:05AM 4 points [-]

Internalize the logic of why precommitments are useful.

Comment author: Incorrect 15 September 2011 02:10:02AM 1 point [-]

I'm not sure what internalize means in this context. How is internalization accomplished?

Comment author: [deleted] 15 September 2011 02:36:52AM 2 points [-]

By taking the idea of precommitements absolutely seriously. However, I'm not sure if it is actually possible in practice, and I doubt that the standard techniques for decompartmentalization are sufficient.

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