billswift comments on Less Wrong: Open Thread, September 2010 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: billswift 01 September 2010 10:16:22AM *  6 points [-]

The key to persuasion or manipulation is plausible appeal to desire. The plausibility can be pretty damned low if the desire is strong enough.