RichardKennaway comments on Five Stages of Idolatry - Less Wrong

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Comment author: RichardKennaway 25 July 2009 08:29:14PM 4 points [-]

2) Assuming this is a basic mental process that can't be just turned off, how can we cycle through it faster, so we can more quickly reach accurate beliefs?

Recognise your heros as Short Duration Personal Saviors, and adopt them deliberately.

Comment author: hegemonicon 25 July 2009 09:39:51PM 1 point [-]

Thanks for those links. They help to flesh out the connection between this and framing your perceptions, something I'd like to explore more fully.

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