Caledonian2 comments on Trying to Try - Less Wrong

42 Post author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 01 October 2008 08:58AM

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Comment author: Caledonian2 01 October 2008 04:29:58PM 0 points [-]

Yoda's point was that the Force did not make distinctions such as 'size', and that it was Luke's preconceptions and biases that were preventing him from lifting the fighter.

Luke saw a difference between lifting small rocks and lifting the fighter, and his perceptions caused his attempts to fail. Yoda was trying to teach him that the only real obstacle was his disbelief and the failure to react correctly resulting from the disbelief.

For Jedi, there really isn't such a thing as 'trying'. There is only success, and not permitting yourself to succeed.

This would be a lot easier to explain if you people understood more about Taoism.