“From your post I thought you were expressing that at one point you reacted to gay affection similar to what he described and similarly thought that you could not self modify. You now know that you can so it makes sense to spread the news and method to someone who thinks they can not(who would probably want to if they could) and might be in a similar position you once were and might apply the same solution.”
That’s all correct. But...
“My response comes from the use of “can’t self-modify” rather then “can’t self-modify due to lack of time/resources,” “my continuing efforts have not yet borne fruit,” “I have tried all of my ideas and I am seek new ones,” “other projects consume my time and it is not currently worthwhile to pursue,” and etc. I have seen many people put road blocks in front of themselves by saying “can’t” which often reenforces the belief in “can’t” rather then staying cognizant of the conditions that make something unworthy of investment.”
...on reflection it seemed unlikely to me that pretty much all of this hadn’t occurred to him. And I didn’t have much more to offer—I changed my mind over time by thinking about it.
Considering his involvement with LW, which is all about self modification, I think the reasonable interpretation of “I’d modify this in a minute but I can’t” is approximately “I’ve tried to modify this without success”, not ” I think this kind of change is impossible”. What I characterized as cheeky was my reading in of the latter interpretation.
I don’t have any further advice that shouldn’t be obvious. And like I said I’ve developed an appreciation that some things are a lot harder for people than others. Weird little things in many cases.
That’s all correct. But...
...on reflection it seemed unlikely to me that pretty much all of this hadn’t occurred to him. And I didn’t have much more to offer—I changed my mind over time by thinking about it.
Considering his involvement with LW, which is all about self modification, I think the reasonable interpretation of “I’d modify this in a minute but I can’t” is approximately “I’ve tried to modify this without success”, not ” I think this kind of change is impossible”. What I characterized as cheeky was my reading in of the latter interpretation.
I don’t have any further advice that shouldn’t be obvious. And like I said I’ve developed an appreciation that some things are a lot harder for people than others. Weird little things in many cases.