Guessing the Teacher's Password

Eliezer Yudkowskylesswrong.comWritten August 20075 min read

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Yudkowsky argues school trains students to recite answers like "light is waves" that earn gold stars but predict nothing, and that real understanding means a belief that controls what you expect to see.

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