When someone refers to “flagging” a mental state or behavior, what do they actually do? (It appears a lot in the Rationality Checklist, and I think I’ve seen it used elsewhere.)
What do you mean by actually deal with them? Usually in my experience noticing a thing repeatedly is what causes it to be dealt with eg I’m better at eating to improve my mood now that I’ve noticed a lot of times how much my bad moods are fixed by eating. If I notice I’m in a bad mood and think “this is because I haven’t eaten” usually that makes the mood a tiny bit better but not actually dealt with until I make sure to eat
When someone refers to “flagging” a mental state or behavior, what do they actually do? (It appears a lot in the Rationality Checklist, and I think I’ve seen it used elsewhere.)
notice and think to yourself “I am sad” or “I just got annoyed because someone corrected me even though they were right” when these things happen
Any recommendations on how to persist the flags until one can actually deal with them?
What do you mean by actually deal with them? Usually in my experience noticing a thing repeatedly is what causes it to be dealt with eg I’m better at eating to improve my mood now that I’ve noticed a lot of times how much my bad moods are fixed by eating. If I notice I’m in a bad mood and think “this is because I haven’t eaten” usually that makes the mood a tiny bit better but not actually dealt with until I make sure to eat