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siodine comments on On what rationality-related topic should I give a school presentation? - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: siodine 07 May 2012 11:33:29PM 0 points [-]

There are several entertaining videos that demonstrate inattentional blindness. The conjunction fallacy is very easy to demonstrate. Eyewitness testimony isn't reliable. Memories we're absolutely certain of could easily be fake. Conclusion: when we're certain we rarely have reason to be certain (not nuanced but nuance is boring).