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Viliam_Bur comments on What have you recently tried, and failed at? - Less Wrong Discussion

20 Post author: Emile 05 July 2012 09:52AM

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Comment author: Viliam_Bur 08 July 2012 09:29:35AM 2 points [-]

not hitting anything > hitting a punching bag > hitting a human

The danger of the "punching bag therapy" applied uncritically is teaching you that when you feel angry, the correct reaction is to hit something. So if possible, self-control is the first choice. Only if not possible (or not probable), hitting the bag is the safer option.

Comment author: RobertLumley 08 July 2012 01:49:08PM *  2 points [-]

That's certainly true (related). But hitting a punching bag is orders of magnitude better than hitting yourself.