Eliezer_Yudkowsky comments on Einstein's Superpowers - Less Wrong

30 Post author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 30 May 2008 06:40AM

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Comment author: burningmonk 30 May 2008 09:19:03PM 0 points [-]

Perhaps this is just a side effect of humans' propensity to uphold tradition and venerate anything that comes before them. It's hard for people to let go of traditions. There must be some deeply seeded psychological trait that causes this.