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aelephant comments on Question: Being uncertain without worrying? - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: aelephant 18 April 2012 01:06:36AM 2 points [-]

This is a great suggestion and the practice dates back to Ancient Greece and the Stoic philosophers, if not before. It is often called "negative visualization". You can read more about it here: http://gettingstronger.org/stoicism/ Scroll down to the "Meditation" section with the video of Tim Ferriss.