David_Gerard comments on Belief in Self-Deception - Less Wrong

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Comment author: David_Gerard 22 February 2011 11:24:45AM -1 points [-]

Irrational thought patterns can be nearly anything, so there's no way to specify an argument that will convince everyone. You'd need to construct an argument that each person is specifically vulnerable to.

Irrational thought patterns can be nearly anything, but of course they strongly tend to form around standard human cognitive biases. This saves a great deal of time.