Furcas comments on Positive Thinking - Less Wrong

20 Post author: Swimmer963 07 March 2011 01:03AM

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Comment author: Swimmer963 07 March 2011 12:46:59PM 1 point [-]

If someone wants to deceive themself, and the self-deception makes them LESS likely to behave hurtfully towards others, I feel I have no right to condemn them. I have the right to condemn MYSELF for self-deception, because it's my choice to aim for greater rationality, but I wouldn't force someone else to take that choice any more than I would force them to be religious.

Comment author: Furcas 07 March 2011 05:14:10PM 4 points [-]

More Dark Arts. Now you're conflating condemning some beliefs with forcing someone to abandon those beliefs.