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54 Post author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 03 September 2007 08:04PM

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Comment author: Robin_Hanson2 03 September 2007 08:20:59PM 12 points [-]

Great writing again Eliezer. I'm afraid, however, that most people may respond by concluding that they are not in fact very curious about most things. I think we want to distinguish ordinary mysteries from grand mysteries, and be more curious about the grand ones. In practice, grand mysteries seem to be those that have more implications, and yes, those that other people have struggled and so far failed to answer.