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Dahlen comments on Open thread, Sept. 29 - Oct.5, 2014 - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: Dahlen 01 October 2014 03:31:46AM 2 points [-]

Reminds me of tricks used by a great many advertisements, if you replace premises/beliefs with desires.

(E.g. "You desire status/security/sex/pleasure etc., don't you? Then you should desire our product.")