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Eliezer_Yudkowsky comments on Group rationality diary, 12/25/12 - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 29 December 2012 03:25:07AM 0 points [-]

I tried a sunrise alarm - it didn't seem to help / work well. (My brain kept wondering whether the alarm would go off. Possible I could've done better with more habituation.)

Comment author: [deleted] 29 December 2012 10:20:27AM 1 point [-]

My brain kept wondering whether the alarm would go off.

Similar stuff has happened to me (not with sunrise alarms, though -- never tried one). The solution is setting a loud, reliable, ‘back-up’ alarm at the latest time at which you could possibly get up in time.

Comment author: [deleted] 02 January 2013 09:24:03AM 0 points [-]

I've also discovered an alternate solution: try challenging yourself to wake up before the alarm goes off. Works even better if you tricked yourself into thinking the alarm was ever actually turned on.