thomblake comments on Poll results: LW probably doesn't cause akrasia - LessWrong

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Comment author: thomblake 16 November 2011 04:30:58PM 14 points [-]

LW-ers report improving over time. Moreover, they report improving more since finding LW than in an equal-sized chunk of time before finding LW

Tribal signalling? Akrasia is something we care about, and rationalists are supposed to win.

Comment author: [deleted] 16 November 2011 07:08:53PM * 11 points [-]

Could also be that reading articles about akrasia makes you feel like you're more productive even if you're really not.