Ian_C. comments on Two Cult Koans - Less Wrong

54 Post author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 21 December 2007 05:45AM

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Comment author: Ian_C. 21 December 2007 05:33:23PM 0 points [-]

Benquo: "What mistake am I making?"

I think you are artificially restricting your knowledge to direct perception of the objects. Don't you also know that there are entire shops that sell only wine, that they have many varieties, at many prices, and they have competitions, experts etc?

It is *this* knowledge that leads you to conclude that wine is probably a complicated business and you may very well have made a mistake.