Emile comments on The Importance of Self-Doubt - Less Wrong

23 Post author: multifoliaterose 19 August 2010 10:47PM

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Comment author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 20 August 2010 07:01:08AM 10 points [-]

there seems to be something about this whole endeavour (including but not limited to Eliezer's writings) that makes people think !!!CRAZY!!! and !!!DOOMSDAY CULT!!!,

Yes, and it's called "pattern completion", the same effect that makes people think "Singularitarians believe that only people who believe in the Singularity will be saved".

Comment author: Emile 20 August 2010 09:59:05AM 2 points [-]

This is discussed in Imaginary Positions.