katydee comments on Simulate and Defer To More Rational Selves - LessWrong

125 Post author: BrienneYudkowsky 17 September 2014 06:11PM

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Comment author: katydee 19 September 2014 06:03:44AM *  1 point [-]

Hmm, depends on what you mean by useful. I think lucid dreaming is:

a) very fun

b) useful for becoming more rational,, but only in a somewhat limited way-- it can be very good for training noticing confusion but doesn't seem to have a huge amount of potential beyond this.

Comment author: [deleted] 21 September 2014 01:59:45AM *  2 points [-]

By useful, I mean, can I use it to:

  • Practice a speech?

  • Deliberate about a decision with imagined famous people?

  • Get more comfortable around people of high status?