@Steve_Sailer @drethelin academic study of an is usually distinct from practical skill in that area; why not also with deception?
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@Steve_Sailer@drethelin article's premise seems equivalent to "the smartest people in the world are naturally the best neurobiologists". -
@Steve_Sailer@drethelin how can you claim to understand thermodynamics when the sun is so much hotter than you are -
@admittedlyhuman@Steve_Sailer it's more like "you say you understand hotness but your advice on how to be as hot as the sun isn't useful" -
@drethelin@Steve_Sailer I don't think Kahneman is trying to provide a practical guide to deception -
@drethelin@Steve_Sailer also the fact that the sun exists should not keep you from using science to build a fusion reactor, right? -
@admittedlyhuman@Steve_Sailer yeah I think steve is saying you should ask nuclear engineers about how to rather than theoretical physicists -
@drethelin@Steve_Sailer I need the exact perfect metaphor to explain the difference between a collection of tricks and a theory. - 2 more replies
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