Not yet gods - LessWrong
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You probably don't feel guilty for failing to snap your fingers in just such a way as to produce a cure for Alzheimer's disease. …
x Not yet gods — LessWrong Replacing Guilt World Optimization Frontpage 20 Not yet gods by So8res 9th Aug 2015 3 min read 0 20 This is a linkpost for https://mindingourway.com/not-yet-gods/ You probably don't feel guilty for failing to snap your fingers in just such a way as to produce a cure for Alzheimer's disease. Yet, many people do feel guilty for failing to work until they drop every single day (which is a psychological impossibility ). They feel guilty for failing to magically abandon behavioral patterns they dislike, without practice or retraining (which is a cognitive impossibility ).
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