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CAE_Jones comments on Open thread, July 16-22, 2013 - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: CAE_Jones 18 July 2013 11:05:22AM 0 points [-]

I tried to follow this, though I'm not sure I did it in quite the way you meant, and I realized something potentially useful, then immediately--after staying focused on the introspection task for quite some time--wound up wandering off to think about Harry Potter and other things not at all useful to solving the problem. I can only assume my brain decided that the apiphony was sufficient and we were free to cool down.

Anyway, this does seem like a useful direction for now, so thanks!

Comment author: NancyLebovitz 19 July 2013 01:46:57PM 0 points [-]

I'm glad my suggestion helped.

I'm not sure what you thought I meant, but there might be an interesting difference between finding out what's going on at the moment vs. finding out what one's habits are-- I've had exploration work out both ways.