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kalium comments on What false beliefs have you held and why were you wrong? - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: kalium 24 October 2014 04:50:26AM 0 points [-]

This sort of testimony strikes me as weak evidence. If you've just failed to kill yourself and don't want to be committed, or have been committed but want to be let out soon, this is exactly what you'd say regardless of truth.

Comment author: VAuroch 24 October 2014 09:31:34AM 1 point [-]

That would explain why you said so to a doctor, but not why you agreed to an interview with reporters and said the same thing there.