From: Eliezer S. Yudkowsky (sentience@pobox.com)
Date: Wed Jul 14 1999 - 16:21:12 MDT
Alintelbot@aol.com wrote:
>
> Jacques Vallee calls this the "ratchet effect." Once "converted" to a
> specific way of viewing the world, a person will cling to this viewpoint even
> when faced with overwhelming evidence that he or she is wrong. This is the
> glitch that allows conspiracy mongers to perpetuate wild tales--and,
> simalarly, allows their great appeal in our society.
>
> Mac Tonnies
I'm not talking about that. I'm talking about people with brain damage
whose left arms are paralyzed and who cannot admit it. "Why didn't you
move your hand?" "I didn't want to." Anosognosia - look it up.
--
sentience@pobox.com Eliezer S. Yudkowsky
http://pobox.com/~sentience/tmol-faq/meaningoflife.html
Running on BeOS Typing in Dvorak Programming with Patterns
Voting for Libertarians Heading for Singularity There Is A Better Way
This archive was generated by hypermail 2.1.5 : Fri Nov 01 2002 - 15:04:29 MST