Swimmer963 comments on Positive Thinking - Less Wrong

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

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Comment author: Swimmer963 24 March 2011 08:49:31PM 0 points [-]

I would say their criteria for a "better" explanation is different; they see an explanation as "better" if it implies the kind of world they want to live in. And of course that's irrational, but I doubt it feels irrational from the inside.

Comment author: CuSithBell 24 March 2011 09:04:05PM 1 point [-]

I agree. I guess I shouldn't squint so hard at the analogy! :)