Sideways comments on Rationality Quotes - July 2009 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Sideways 04 July 2009 08:13:18PM 1 point [-]

I think the point of the quote is not that young folks are more able to unlearn falsehoods; it's that they haven't learned as many falsehoods as old people, just by virtue of not having been around as long. If you can unlearn falsehoods, you can keep a "young" (falsehood-free) mind.