seez comments on Rational Evangelism - Less Wrong

9 Post author: aarongertler 26 February 2014 06:00AM

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Comment author: seez 26 February 2014 09:30:26PM *  2 points [-]

Interesting. Anecdotally, I got my father (who works in politics) interested specifically in "politics is the mindkiller." I think it spoke to his experiences and concerns more than other sequences.

HPMOR will probably be more effective with youngish people who a) have read Harry Potter, b) are familiar with the concept of fanfiction and c) feel comfortable reading long documents on the internet. Seems a bit limiting, although still a very good tool.

Comment author: aarongertler 27 February 2014 06:04:49AM 2 points [-]

Targeted quick reads are great! That's one reason I like the quote threads so much--almost anyone will be fond of a few good rationality quotes, and that's a good way to introduce them to specific LW material.