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Comment author: gwern 16 April 2012 02:44:47PM 6 points [-]

No, that isn't it. Every self-help book (of which there's a huge industry, and most of which are complete crap) is "trying to change the way people think", and nobody sees that as weird.

Seriously?

Comment author: Anatoly_Vorobey 16 April 2012 06:46:03PM 3 points [-]

Which part of my comment are you incredulous about?

Comment author: gwern 16 April 2012 07:00:51PM 13 points [-]

That nobody sees self-help books as weird or cultlike.

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