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Could you go into more depth on this?

• nevinera 16y ago
  It boils down to 'cynicism is not science'. It seldom occurs to us to pick apart the things we already know are true, so our logical and rational strengths become torches with which to defend our held beliefs rather than lights to shine upon them.
• MikeCapone 16y ago
  Most of Eliezer's writings about rationality can be found here: http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Sequences http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Sequences
• adamta 16y ago
  He elaborates on that argument in Knowing About Biases Can Hurt People: http://lesswrong.com/lw/he/knowing_about_biases_can_hurt_people/ http://lesswrong.com/lw/he/knowing_about_biases_can_hurt_peo...
• pjscott 16y ago
  Here's an article in which he does so: http://lesswrong.com/lw/he/knowing_about_biases_can_hurt_people/ http://lesswrong.com/lw/he/knowing_about_biases_can_hurt_peo... This is also relevant: http://lesswrong.com/lw/km/motivated_stopping_and_motivated_continuation/ http://lesswrong.com/lw/km/motivated_stopping_and_motivated_... Both articles are an interesting read, and it's sobering when you catch yourself doing the things they describe.