[SEQ RERUN] How to Seem (and Be) Deep

post by MinibearRex · 2011-09-27T03:12:54.156Z · LW · GW · Legacy · 3 comments

Today's post, How to Seem (and Be) Deep was originally published on 14 October 2007. A summary (taken from the LW wiki):

To seem deep, find coherent but unusual beliefs, and concentrate on explaining them well. To be deep, you actually have to think for yourself.

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This post is part of the Rerunning the Sequences series, where we'll be going through Eliezer Yudkowsky's old posts in order so that people who are interested can (re-)read and discuss them. The previous post was Original Seeing, and you can use the sequence_reruns tag or rss feed to follow the rest of the series.

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