Nornagest comments on How to teach to magical thinkers? - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Nornagest 25 February 2014 05:52:23PM 1 point [-]

Consider starting small, with short, clear and engaging examples, like the Newcomb's problem, the PD or the Trolley problem, or the Milgram or Stanford experiments

It's awfully easy to read the Milgram or Stanford experiments as (e.g.) ammunition for anti-authoritarianism without deeply understanding what makes them tick. This seems to be a general problem with dramatic psychological results.