Salemicus comments on List a few posts in Main and/or Discussion which actually made you change your mind - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Salemicus 16 June 2014 10:37:37PM 3 points [-]

Some things I have changed my mind about as a result of reading lesswrong:

  • The "zombies" section of the sequences convinced me that some form of dualism must be correct.
  • No individual post, but the cumulative effect of reading a lot of posts have made me a lot more sceptical of the validity of the claims made by much of medical science.
  • This post made me a lot more sceptical of spaced repetition.
Comment author: shminux 17 June 2014 04:30:38PM 1 point [-]

The "zombies" section of the sequences convinced me that some form of dualism must be correct.

So... it had the opposite effect of what was intended? Interesting. Any specific part that stood out?

Comment author: Salemicus 18 June 2014 09:31:29AM 1 point [-]

I remember being particularly impressed by statements such as

This certainly seems like the inner listener is being caught in the act of listening by whatever part of you writes the internal narrative and flaps your tongue. [emphasis in original]

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