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Lumifer comments on You are (mostly) a simulation. - Less Wrong Discussion

-4 Post author: Eitan_Zohar 18 July 2015 04:40PM

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Comment author: Lumifer 16 July 2015 03:03:50PM 3 points [-]

Oh god I still can't get this thought out of my head.

Why don't you deal with THIS problem, directly?

Comment author: Eitan_Zohar 16 July 2015 05:49:27PM 0 points [-]

I'd love to know how.

Comment author: Lumifer 16 July 2015 05:57:16PM 6 points [-]

Assume you have an anxiety problem. Start operating on the basis of this assumption -- that you mind needs to be adjusted. Either go to a professional or start experimenting with self-help techniques. One of recent Yvain's posts at SSC is precisely about what works for anxiety.