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Moss_Piglet comments on Why didn't people (apparently?) understand the metaethics sequence? - Less Wrong Discussion

12 Post author: ChrisHallquist 29 October 2013 11:04PM

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Comment author: Moss_Piglet 01 November 2013 10:31:17AM 4 points [-]

Because a large subset of people who don't understand things are unaware of their misunderstanding?

Comment author: Douglas_Knight 04 November 2013 08:25:28PM 1 point [-]

Chris is surprised because he saw a lot of people saying that they themselves did not understand the sequence.

Comment author: TheAncientGeek 04 November 2013 08:34:24PM 0 points [-]

Several people have tried to explain Lesswrongian metaethics to me, only to give up in confusion. Being able to explain something is the acid test of understanding it.