[LINK] Wondermark comic talks about "carpe diem" vs. "think more"

post by Document · 2011-06-04T04:15:35.877Z · LW · GW · Legacy · 4 comments

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Comic here.

I feel like I'm likely to hear that it's a false dichotomy, but if so I haven't successfully dissolved it. (I'm not sure I actually had a concise name for it before; now that I do I should start saving comments about it.)

Edit: Ability to react may be related, possibly applying on shorter timescales.

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comment by sketerpot · 2011-06-04T22:02:55.800Z · LW(p) · GW(p)

WARNING! The punchline depends on having read the previous comic first!

I found this out the hard way.

Replies from: mkehrt, Raemon
↑ comment by mkehrt · 2011-06-07T06:04:54.678Z · LW(p) · GW(p)

I think I thought this was better when it was utterly inexplicable, actually.

↑ comment by Raemon · 2011-06-04T23:25:33.682Z · LW(p) · GW(p)

I had read the previous comic yesterday, just 'cuz I follow the comic, which indeed makes it much more funny.

comment by David_Gerard · 2011-06-04T07:56:17.174Z · LW(p) · GW(p)

I am reminded of this excellent LW post from 2009: Head-land versus Real-land.