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Eliezer_Yudkowsky comments on Open Thread, October 20 - 26, 2013 - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 22 October 2013 01:27:26AM 6 points [-]

It's still the culture that throws kids on a Hippogryff and tells them to get going.

And as Daphne notes in her thoughts, the children are standing in for their parents and speaking their parents' orders; they are acting as spokespersons for their families, and the others are treating them as such.

Comment author: somervta 22 October 2013 10:10:33AM 3 points [-]

*Hippogriff