Because a large subset of people who don’t understand things are unaware of their misunderstanding?
Chris is surprised because he saw a lot of people saying that they themselves did not understand the sequence.
Several people have tried to explain Lesswrongian metaethics to me, only to give up in confusion. Being able to explain something is the acid test of understanding it.
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Because a large subset of people who don’t understand things are unaware of their misunderstanding?
Chris is surprised because he saw a lot of people saying that they themselves did not understand the sequence.
Several people have tried to explain Lesswrongian metaethics to me, only to give up in confusion. Being able to explain something is the acid test of understanding it.