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Editor @AreoMagazine Secular, liberal humanist. Mother. Doglover. Writing book about epistemology & ethics on the academic left Helen.pluckrose@areomagazine.com

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    1. Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose 28 Apr 2017
      Replying to @HPluckrose

      If you ask 'Why do you prefer enjoying what you're doing rather than hating it?' you might have missed a few classes at psychology school

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    2. Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose 28 Apr 2017
      Replying to @HPluckrose

      A better question is 'Isn't it better to endure being bored at times in order to achieve a more enjoyable life overall.' Yes, it is.

      1 reply 1 retweet 4 likes
    3. Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose 28 Apr 2017
      Replying to @HPluckrose

      Anyway, the psychologist helping me with my sleep problem has helped me. The problem is very simply an intolerance of boredom.

      2 replies 1 retweet 4 likes
    4. Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose 28 Apr 2017
      Replying to @HPluckrose

      It's simply that I find discussing, reading, listening to interesting things more enjoyable than lying down with my eyes closed.

      1 reply 0 retweets 6 likes
    5. Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose 28 Apr 2017
      Replying to @HPluckrose

      And so I do that until I simply can't keep my eyes open any more even tho I will enjoy the next day way less coz I'm so tired. Which is nuts

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    6. Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose 28 Apr 2017
      Replying to @HPluckrose

      So essentially, I'm like a toddler who won't give in to sleep because there's too much interesting stuff going on & sleep is boring.

      2 replies 0 retweets 5 likes
    7. Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose 28 Apr 2017
      Replying to @HPluckrose

      In the absence of a responsible adult to put me in my bed,remove all distractions & ignore my protests, I'll have to develop self-discipline

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    8. Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose 28 Apr 2017
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    9. Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose 28 Apr 2017
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      But it seems I do go to great lengths to avoid being bored including avoiding people so maybe the question isn't such a silly one.

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    10. Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose 28 Apr 2017
      Replying to @HPluckrose

      Seems the secret to being more sociable, sleeping better & being generally more productive is learning to tolerate boredom. Bugger.

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      Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose 28 Apr 2017

      I've always felt that its of paramount importance to be in control of what you do with your own brain as much as possible.

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        2. Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose 28 Apr 2017
          Replying to @HPluckrose

          That that is the key to happiness. It's why I preferred low-paying manual jobs to higher paying ones that occupy your mind when younger.

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        3. Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose 28 Apr 2017
          Replying to @HPluckrose

          I'd rather clean someone's house whilst listening to audiobooks than do an office job that bored me for twice as much money.

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        4. Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose 28 Apr 2017
          Replying to @HPluckrose

          It always seemed odd to me that 'selling yourself' meant selling your body when that's not really where your self is.

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        5. Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose 28 Apr 2017
          Replying to @HPluckrose

          Someone who sells *themselves* is someone who sells the use of their mind to be used in a way they wouldn't use it by choice.

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        6. Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose 28 Apr 2017
          Replying to @HPluckrose

          And that strikes me as desperately sad but is something so many of us have to do & accept doing so they can feed their minds better overall.

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        7. Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose 28 Apr 2017
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          If I spend 40 hours a week thinking about selling carpets, I can then buy books & films & games & travel. Poor big-brained apes, we are.

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        8. Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose 28 Apr 2017
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          I feel most sorry for children. They're legally obliged to spend several hours a day thinking abt things that don't interest them at all.

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        9. Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose 28 Apr 2017
          Replying to @HPluckrose

          And it's years before they're allowed to pick the things that do interest them. I see why it's necessary but it's still a huge imposition.

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        10. Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose 28 Apr 2017
          Replying to @HPluckrose

          At parent's night, science teacher was hounding a boy abt why he wasn't motivated to revise. He cldn't say 'My interests lie elsewhere.'

          3 replies 0 retweets 1 like
        11. Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose 28 Apr 2017
          Replying to @HPluckrose

          My French teacher told me I must boring because I found every one of the school clubs boring & just wanted to talk to my friends or read.

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        12. Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose 28 Apr 2017
          Replying to @HPluckrose

          There's an expectation to have a wide range of interests & I never ever have. Always a very few intense interests. University was great.

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        13. Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose 28 Apr 2017
          Replying to @HPluckrose

          I don't think I learnt a single thing in chemistry & physics. My brain simply won't hold on to information like that. It rejects it. Angrily

          2 replies 0 retweets 3 likes
        14. Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose 28 Apr 2017
          Replying to @HPluckrose

          Which is why it's good we all have different brains. I can empathise with fellow obsessive nerds of all stripes w/out getting it.

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