loqi comments on Learned Blankness - Less Wrong

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

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Comment author: a363 19 April 2011 07:58:17PM 2 points [-]

I hope it's true in the sense that I won't one day start thinking that I somehow understand ("grok") humanity and know what it means to be human (or just a sentient being) in a general sense.

In the specific sense, individual people are not that mysterious in their behaviour most of the time. But their motivations can be hard to understand from their own point of view. I guess it's mostly because I can't be bothered to find out...

Comment author: loqi 21 April 2011 07:03:32AM 1 point [-]

I suspect that when examined closely enough, your motivations are also likely to be hard to understand from your point of view.