Jonathan_Graehl comments on Open Thread: September 2009 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: taw 01 September 2009 06:10:17PM 2 points [-]

Out of pure curiosity, what's your probability distribution of Scientology (or some other such group) being useful? Not the Xenu part, but is it possible that they've discovered some techniques to make people happier, more successful, etc.?

We already have some limited evidence that conventionally religious people are happier, and conventional religions are quite weak.

Comment author: Jonathan_Graehl 01 September 2009 07:26:56PM *  1 point [-]

I know a scientist who's spent significant money on Landmark Education (nee "est"). He's happy with what he got out of it, but doesn't feel the need for any more of it now.