[LINK] The Ferrett fails will save against the Dark Arts

Honorary rationalist Ferrett Steinmetz describes falling down a YouTube rabbit hole watching mechanical watches—an experience he calls 'brainwatching,' where he absorbed ideas by osmosis that he'd have dismissed before. Per a LessWrong post, Steinmetz breaks down the persuasion tactics he calls the Dark Arts and examines why they proved so effective on him.

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