27chaos comments on What false beliefs have you held and why were you wrong? - Less Wrong

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Comment author: 27chaos 19 October 2014 06:39:01PM *  3 points [-]

It is about a month, right? I don't really see the importance of that knowledge though, unless you're fighting werewolves. I agree people are dumb, but they're dumb because they don't understand useful ideas like math rather than because they don't remember trivia about everyday phenomena.