Vaniver comments on Ritual Report 2012: Life, Death, Light, Darkness, and Love. - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Vaniver 24 December 2012 04:45:45PM 1 point [-]

Using ritual to insert things deep into your psyche is something that I think is just bad.

Bad as in morally wrong, epistemically wrong, or instrumentally wrong?

Comment author: SaidAchmiz 24 December 2012 04:55:33PM 3 points [-]

Instrumentally wrong.

Comment author: Vaniver 24 December 2012 05:31:13PM 2 points [-]

Thanks for clarifying.

Rereading your statement, the word "insert" jumps out at me. Would you endorse this modified statement?

Using ritual to preserve things deep in your psyche is something that I think is just bad.

Or would the badness depend on which things you're preserving?

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