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dlthomas comments on The self-fooling problem. - Less Wrong Discussion

10 Post author: PuyaSharif 10 October 2011 10:26PM

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Comment author: dlthomas 11 October 2011 05:18:52PM 1 point [-]

I recall something like this coming up a few times in fiction - someone erases their memory of something because they need not to know it for a time; then, later, must re-discover it.

Comment author: Alejandro1 11 October 2011 05:24:00PM 1 point [-]
Comment author: dlthomas 11 October 2011 05:27:41PM 1 point [-]

Thank you.