wedrifid comments on Positive Thinking - Less Wrong

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

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Comment author: wedrifid 08 March 2011 01:48:42PM *  4 points [-]

For some it does seem easier to operate effectively by believing well tailored bullshit than by building a deep understanding of their own psychology and of rational decision making under uncertainty. Fortunately if fed the right bullshit it may lead to approximately the same ultimate decision.