NancyLebovitz comments on Study: Encouraging Obedience Considered Harmful - Less Wrong

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Comment author: NancyLebovitz 18 May 2010 12:30:58PM 4 points [-]

Part of the point of teaching independence of thought is so that it can lead to independent action, so there's got to be more than going along while thinking your own thoughts.

Comment author: torekp 20 May 2010 01:50:30AM 2 points [-]

Sure, but there's usually nothing wrong with conforming to an unwritten teenage dress code (for example). As SarahC said, battles should be picked carefully.