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peter_hurford comments on You are the average of the five people you spend most time with. - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: peter_hurford 05 September 2013 08:37:44AM 1 point [-]

1)The people one would like to be average of are incredibly busy doing what made them become those people

Aren't they, in turn, just the average of the five people they spend the most time with? How can they do what makes them become unique?

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one should live as if one were the average of the five people one spends most time with.

How did you arrive at the number five?