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orthonormal comments on Stupid Questions Open Thread Round 4 - Less Wrong Discussion

6 Post author: lukeprog 27 August 2012 12:04AM

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Comment author: orthonormal 04 September 2012 02:11:13AM 3 points [-]

July minicamper here. My own life has had enough variance in the past few months over many variables (location, job, romantic status) with too many exogenous variables for me to be very confident about the effect of minicamp, aside from a few things (far fewer totally wasted days than I used to suffer from what I saw as being inescapably moody).

But I've gained an identifiable superpower in the realm of talking helpfully to other people by modeling their internal conflicts more accurately, by steering them toward "making deals with themselves" rather than ridiculous memes like "using willpower", and by noticing confusion and getting to the root of it via brainstorming and thought experiments. And the results have absolutely floored people, in three different cases. If you're worried about epiphany addiction, then I suppose you might label me a "carrier" (although there's the anomalous fact that friends have followed through on my advice to them after talking to me).

Comment author: JoshuaFox 04 September 2012 06:49:39AM 1 point [-]

Great, I'd love to have that superpower!