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MathiasZaman comments on Stupid Questions February 2015 - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: MathiasZaman 05 February 2015 12:43:06PM 1 point [-]

Does this help explain why I spend so much time browsing reddit instead of doing the slightly more fun (but also more effort) thing of learning how to program?

Or to put it differently, I don't think it is since I don't think anyone values their "browsing tumblr" state of mind more than their "learn something useful" state.

Comment author: f7c8ktj 05 February 2015 11:04:07PM 0 points [-]

Things like browsing tumblr are often coupled with thinking of something important to me in the back of my mind. To put my own question in a less interesting way, I think this desire to capture the fleeting realization I seem to be on the verge of makes me delay quitting the mindless tumblr browsing and having to think of something else.