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Fadeway comments on "What-the-hell" Cognitive Failure Mode: a Separate Bias or a Combination of Other Biases? - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: Fadeway 26 February 2013 04:33:54AM *  1 point [-]

I agree, you can get over some slip-ups, depending on how easy what you're trying is compared to your motivation.

As you said, it's a chain - the more you succeed, the easier it gets. Every failure, on the other hand, makes it harder. Depending on the difficulty of what you're trying, a hard reset is sensible because it saves time from an already doomed attempt, >and< makes the next one easier (due to the deterrent thing).