SilentCal comments on Open Thread: What are your important insights or aha! moments? - Less Wrong

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Comment author: SilentCal 10 November 2014 10:33:18PM 4 points [-]

I didn't realize Introspection illusion was a thing until hearing about the split-brain experiment in high school. Until then, I always assumed that when I queried my brain about its desires it always answered honestly, and that subconscious motivations were a load of crap.