CarlShulman comments on Striving to Accept - Less Wrong

33 Post author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 09 March 2009 11:29PM

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Comment author: CarlShulman 11 March 2009 01:00:25AM 3 points [-]

One drawback of using the word 'accept' in this context is that it brings to mind (at least for me) phrases like "accept Jesus into your heart."

Comment author: Luke_A_Somers 20 March 2013 10:16:03AM 0 points [-]

Less so than 'believe', don't you think? All of the other synonyms I can think of are clunky.