= 27d567bc2d48d9f40e9ccc20ea370b15)
pianoforte611 comments on A Parable of Elites and Takeoffs - Less Wrong Discussion
You are viewing a comment permalink. View the original post to see all comments and the full post content.
= 783df68a0f980790206b9ea87794c5b6)
Loading…= b715d02e85f7b3b4ae65ca3d3e450868)
Subscribe to RSS Feed
Powered by Reddit
= f037147d6e6c911a85753b9abdedda8d)
You are viewing a comment permalink. View the original post to see all comments and the full post content.
Comments (98)
Nacirema huh? I feel stupid now.
It's a classic! You might enjoy some of the other articles/parables about the Nacirema: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nacirema
So that's where the N comes from! I was wondering why it was Nacirema instead of Acirema.
I think at least part of it is that 'Acirema' is way more recognizable as a variant on 'America' than is 'Nacirema'. The 'N' is a major decoy, while 'Acirema' has the same word shape ("The theory holds that a novel bouma shape created by changing the lower-case letters to upper-case hinders a person’s recall ability.")