Eugine_Nier comments on Rationality Quotes July 2013 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Eugine_Nier 03 July 2013 05:04:27AM -1 points [-]

A less cynical take on this is that people compare what they hear to their previous experience (stored in compressed form) and accept or reject it depending on how well it matches.