“We read history but we don’t live it, we don’t experience it. If only I had personally postulated astrological mysteries and then discovered Newtonian mechanics, postulated alchemical mysteries and then discovered chemistry, postulated vitalistic mysteries and then discovered biology. I would have thought of my Mysterious Answer and said to myself: No way am I falling for that again.” (Eliezer Yudkowsky, Rationality)

Pretend like you have lived history, so that you can realize the flaws in prior ways of thinking and not fall for those same mistakes again. I also like the idea of Mysterious Answer and trying to understand when you’re falling for one.