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17 Post author: Alexandros 19 September 2011 03:37PM

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Comment author: Nominull 20 September 2011 12:23:33AM 6 points [-]

I've found anti-akrasia tips that would have helped if I'd actually carried them out.

Comment author: pedanterrific 20 September 2011 01:12:59AM 2 points [-]

Might this be called the Akratic Paradox?

Comment author: jhuffman 20 September 2011 04:59:41PM 1 point [-]

I think someone was planning to write a paper with that title.

Comment author: pedanterrific 20 September 2011 05:18:45PM 0 points [-]

Uh... oops? Was it someone here on LW? Google isn't turning up much.

(I should probably check to see if my next clever idea is already, you know, a thing before I start assigning Names with Capital Letters.)

Comment author: jhuffman 20 September 2011 06:08:51PM *  0 points [-]

Sorry this was already a pretty tired joke by this point. No, as far as I know no one is even procrastinating writing a paper with that name.

Comment author: marchdown 16 November 2011 03:10:34AM 0 points [-]

I've seen some variation of that joke in an actual academic article on procrastination. I should probably look it up or something.

Comment author: pedanterrific 20 September 2011 06:14:35PM 0 points [-]

Ah. Well, in that case, I am hereby stating my intention to write a paper by that name, to be published no later than seventeen years from now. Remember, I called dibs!