NancyLebovitz comments on Rationality Quotes May 2012 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: NancyLebovitz 03 May 2012 03:20:26PM 4 points [-]

The bit about "trained to act as if" is very astute. The same training can be applied to overvaluing things with little or no apparent value.