Nick_Tarleton comments on Do We Believe Everything We're Told? - Less Wrong

36 Post author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 10 October 2007 11:52PM

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Comment author: Nick_Tarleton 12 October 2007 02:04:48AM 3 points [-]

In addition to advertisements, should we avoid fiction when we're distracted?

Comment author: taryneast 20 February 2011 11:45:16AM 3 points [-]

A good question (though I suspect the simple answer is "no").

It also brings up the question of whether this is why we generalise from fictional evidence so often.