cousin_it comments on Mind Control and Me - Less Wrong

10 Post author: Patrick 21 March 2009 05:31PM

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Comment author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 21 March 2009 07:44:33PM 28 points [-]

I should note that if I'm teaching deep things, then I view it as important to make people feel like they're learning deep things, because otherwise, they will still have a hole in their mind for "deep truths" that needs filling, and they will go off and fill their heads with complete nonsense that has been written in a more satisfying style.

Comment author: cousin_it 24 November 2010 12:10:06PM *  3 points [-]

After a couple years on LW I feel I have no such hole anymore. Just stopped categorizing beliefs as deep or undeep. I'm grateful to you for that.