JoshuaZ comments on Open Thread June 2010, Part 4 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: LucasSloan 20 June 2010 04:03:43AM 2 points [-]

Taking into account what I already said about needing to influence people who can actually use beliefs (thus controlling for things like atheism, evolution, etc.)...

  1. FAI and related.
  2. Inability to do math.
  3. Failures around believing the state of the world is good (thinking aging is a good thing and the like).
  4. Believing that politics is the best way to influence the world.
Comment author: JoshuaZ 20 June 2010 04:43:09AM 2 points [-]

FAI and related.

What is the delusion here?

Inability to do math.

What is the delusion here? Do you mean people convincing themselves that they can't do math?

Failures around believing the state of the world is good

This seems too subjective to label a delusion.

Believing that politics is the best way to influence the world.

What do you mean by best and by influence?

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