Er, well, you should listen to the talk. I was going to summarise it, but it’s a really great talk, and I’m preparing a LessWrong post on it (although I’ve been thinking of doing that for about a year).
The general idea that I thought was relevant though, was the idea of stripping away all false beliefs and emotions, and that love is still a part of the world.
Er, well, you should listen to the talk. I was going to summarise it, but it’s a really great talk, and I’m preparing a LessWrong post on it (although I’ve been thinking of doing that for about a year).
The general idea that I thought was relevant though, was the idea of stripping away all false beliefs and emotions, and that love is still a part of the world.
Is there a transcript anywhere? I can read much more quickly than I can listen, and the talk is pretty long.
I have to say that I’m skeptical though, that hatred would inherently be any more “false” than love.
I’d guess the talk is mostly a slightly inferior version of Harris’ short ebook Free Will.
Due to fundamental attribution bias, understanding people’s motivations deeply is likely to make you love them more and hate them less.
Well, statistically yes, but necessarily no. I’ve certainly encountered situations where the reverse was true.
I’m afraid I know of no transcript. I would recommend the talk.