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polymathwannabe comments on Rationalist Magic: Initiation into the Cult of Rationatron - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: Pfft 09 December 2015 09:48:46PM *  0 points [-]

What are previous examples of people on LW applying mental techniques and getting into seriously harmful states?

Comment author: polymathwannabe 10 December 2015 04:05:08PM 0 points [-]

This poor soul got seriously freaked out after reading a SF novel where people disappear from the universal simulation every time they go to sleep.

Comment author: [deleted] 10 December 2015 05:07:56PM 1 point [-]

That poor soul found less wrong because of history of freaking out about existential things. I don't think applying techniques had anything to do with it.

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