Blue- and Yellow-Tinted Choices - LessWrong

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A man comes to the rabbi and complains about his life: "I have almost no money, my wife is a shrew, and we live in a small apartment with seven unruly kids. It's messy, it's noisy, it's smelly, and I…

x Blue- and Yellow-Tinted Choices — LessWrong Anchoring Priming Dark Arts Heuristics & Biases Frontpage 77 Blue- and Yellow-Tinted Choices by Scott Alexander 13th May 2010 5 min read 57 77 A man comes to the rabbi and complains about his life: "I have almost no money, my wife is a shrew, and we live in a small apartment with seven unruly kids. It's messy, it's noisy, it's smelly, and I don't want to live." The rabbi says, "Buy a goat." "What? I just told you there's hardly room for nine people, and it's messy as it is!" "Look, you came for advice, so I'm giving you advice. Buy a goat and come

Blue- and Yellow-Tinted Choices - LessWrong

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