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Lumifer comments on What attracts people to learning things that they consider neither interesting nor important? - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: Lumifer 14 March 2014 08:00:07PM 0 points [-]

Learning is often simply compulsive, addicted behavior.

Consuming information is. Learning is a somewhat higher-level activity and infovore addicts generally don't bother with it.

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