avdi comments on Five Stages of Idolatry - Less Wrong

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Comment author: avdi 26 July 2009 04:47:55PM 5 points [-]

Is it really desirable to speed the process up? To quote Miracle Max, "You rush a miracle man, you get lousy miracles". My observation of human thought evolutions like the one described above indicates that rushing them usually does little good... perhaps it is sufficient to be aware of the process as it is happening. Observe, know you're going through the stages, have a sense of humor about it.