wallowinmaya comments on Do people think Less Wrong rationality is parochial? - Less Wrong

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Comment author: wallowinmaya 21 May 2012 07:54:24PM 2 points [-]

what you need to do to encourage people like me is essentially to pose some interesting problems (e.g. free will) prominently, along with a hint there being an /interesting/ solution (e.g. suggesting that the free will question is similar to the tree in a forest question in how it can be answered

Did your OH read Yudkowsky's posts on free will? If so, what does he think of them?

Comment author: Sarokrae 21 May 2012 10:56:13PM 2 points [-]

He did, that's what prompted the statement. He found them really interesting, and almost got to the right answer before one of our friends spoilered it, but he enjoyed the challenge and does enjoy thinking about things that way.

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