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Lumifer comments on Open thread, Aug. 17 - Aug. 23, 2015 - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: Lumifer 18 August 2015 02:28:25PM 3 points [-]

And for those people, the "just do X" advice simply will not work,

This is true. But, unfortunately, those people often come to the conclusion that "X never works" and they defend this position with great tenacity.

The typical mind (or body) fallacy is pervasive :-/