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Hyena comments on 9/11 as mindkiller - Less Wrong Discussion

12 Post author: NancyLebovitz 12 September 2011 05:44PM

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Comment author: Hyena 13 September 2011 06:27:54AM 3 points [-]

Incidentally, the fallout from 9/11 was what trned me towards Kahneman and Tversky in 2004, from there to following the burgeoning rationality discussion and ultimately here. Millman's moment mirrored my own and the realization that all this coukd sound smart, plausible and be acceptable to others (even reinforced by them) while being terrifyingly wrong pushed me towards questions about my own ability to think clearly.