spuckblase comments on Open Thread: June 2009 - Less Wrong

4 Post author: Cyan 01 June 2009 06:46PM

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Comment author: spuckblase 06 June 2009 02:47:41PM 0 points [-]

Thanks for the quick response. I have some trouble understanding, probably due to the language barrier. Do you mean 1) if at all, olny an "expert psychiatrist rationalist" might talk him out of it, or, 2) I should seek knowledge from such a person? if 2), where to find them? Any suggestions?

Comment author: Vladimir_Nesov 06 June 2009 02:58:08PM *  4 points [-]

I'm not aware of anyone here being a professional psychiatrist, so can't help with that. I'm only warning that seeking advice from people who know nothing about a phenomenon is generally a bad idea, even if those people have some orthogonal advantage. For example, it's (much) better to seek construction advice from an ordinary engineer that from a genius who is not an engineer.