Vladimir_Nesov comments on Instrumental vs. Epistemic -- A Bardic Perspective - Less Wrong

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Comment author: MBlume 25 April 2009 05:01:18PM 16 points [-]

Not really on topic, but very interesting story: Normal people are convinced by role players that they are in a magical universe. http://yro.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=91462&cid=7876768

That is an excellent story, and I don't think it would be at all out of place in a top-level post.

Comment author: Vladimir_Nesov 26 April 2009 08:00:50PM *  12 points [-]

It would be even better if there are links that strengthen the claim that it's true (iff it's true). It's certainly entertaining, but I disbelieve it. For this to hold any water, the people in question should've been really drunk. There also should be a reason for all those magical land people to be consistently good actors.

Comment author: [deleted] 02 October 2012 06:02:45PM 0 points [-]

I dunno -- there was a programme on the Italian TV a few years ago where people were subjected to pranks, and some of them were made to believe stuff just as absurd. You might be overestimating the strength of non-rationalists.