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Viliam_Bur comments on Stupid Questions February 2015 - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: Viliam_Bur 05 February 2015 09:09:08AM 0 points [-]

I could divert my attention to useful things, too. For example, instead of reading the web, I could be programming computer games. But I am reading the web instead.

But when certain level of fear is already there, it can be difficult to focus on anything productive, because it is too complicated for the moment.