CuSithBell comments on Learned Blankness - Less Wrong

130 Post author: AnnaSalamon 18 April 2011 06:55PM

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Comment author: MarcTheEngineer 19 April 2011 04:49:51PM 1 point [-]

I'd agree that many people have a learned helplessness when dealing with computers because of a fear that they can easily break their computer.

I disagree that really destroying your computer is a very easy thing to do (sans going into the BIOS or touching the actual hardware)

Comment author: Eugine_Nier 19 April 2011 05:27:50PM 5 points [-]

I disagree that really destroying your computer is a very easy thing to do (sans going into the BIOS or touching the actual hardware)

rm -r /

Comment author: CuSithBell 19 April 2011 05:32:30PM 4 points [-]

Yeah, but who's going to accidentally install linux? ;)

Comment author: Gray 19 April 2011 06:34:04PM 8 points [-]

It's like falling and missing the ground. Happens all the time. For some reason people don't let me borrow their computers anymore.