Kaj_Sotala comments on Stuff That Makes Stuff Happen - Less Wrong

51 Post author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 18 October 2012 10:49AM

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Comment author: Kaj_Sotala 19 October 2012 05:59:07AM 2 points [-]

Given that most people seem likely to look at the koan and think "yeah, I could solve that if I thought about it for a while" and then move on without actually thinking about it, anything that actually gets people to think about it seems like a good thing.

Comment author: Manfred 19 October 2012 03:18:55PM 2 points [-]

The only trouble is if people then have to unthink things, which humans are notoriously bad at :P