MichaelVassar comments on A speculation on Near and Far Modes - Less Wrong

14 Post author: MichaelVassar 21 July 2010 06:24AM

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Comment author: NancyLebovitz 21 July 2010 09:55:35AM 1 point [-]

As usual, I'm not sure that an intellectual schema has covered all the possibilities.

My first thought was that you're leaving out the effects of home schooling, which is itself a side effect of liberalism as you define it. [1] Home schooling should mean that indoctrination isn't fully universal, so there will still be far mode thinkers.

Also, you're an interesting example of using far mode thinking to acquire near mode skills-- I don't know if you or anyone can make that a more common choice, but it's a conceivable path.

[1] I was shocked to find strong opposition to home schooling on the left, but maybe every movement has an illiberal side, no matter what it says on the label.

Comment author: MichaelVassar 23 July 2010 03:56:58PM 5 points [-]

I would usually assume that every movement, regardless of the label, is mostly illiberal.

Comment author: NancyLebovitz 23 July 2010 07:14:29PM 0 points [-]

You may well be right. There are things about leftish politics which suit my temperament well enough that I was surprised at a sharp divergence.