Eliezer_Yudkowsky comments on Open Thread: March 2009 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Blue 26 March 2009 04:49:37AM 4 points [-]

Requesting rationalist assistance:

Somebody is talking to me about either advanced physics or magic, and I can't tell which one.

He mentions electron tunneling, superstring theory and quantum mechanics, in explaining why positive thoughts attract positive things, he mentioned a book called The Physics Of Consciousness, something about a quantum level of the brain.

I know there's benefit to thinking positive, but isnt that explained by evolution? I didn't think that quantum mechanics or a universal attraction of things to other things was involved.

Comment author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 26 March 2009 04:51:05AM 6 points [-]

Magic.