thomblake comments on Typical Mind and Politics - Less Wrong

46 Post author: Yvain 12 June 2009 12:28PM

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Comment author: thomblake 12 June 2009 08:10:57PM *  2 points [-]

with apologies, it gets a bit annoying constantly getting dating advice that assumes away the most critical problems, and I can't be the only one in this position.

If you do not know any women, something is wrong.

SilasBarta claimed that he has special needs that are not being accommodated by the local dating advice. Alicorn claimed that there is something wrong with SilasBarta, so there is no reason for anyone to accomodate him.

Alternate reading:

SilasBarta claimed that he has special needs that are not being accommodated by the local dating advice. Alicorn claimed that there is something wrong with SilasBarta, and suggested ways to fix it so that the local dating advice could be used.

Comment author: Alicorn 12 June 2009 08:18:19PM -2 points [-]

I made a series of "if" statements. I don't know who SilasBarta knows. I claim that something is wrong (and not necessarily "with him") if he knows exactly zero women. If he knows a nonzero number of women, the statement doesn't apply.

Comment author: SilasBarta 12 June 2009 08:36:57PM 4 points [-]

Okay, this is probably getting out of hand, but it was obvious even at the time that I didn't "know zero women".

Yes, Alicorn, it sure sucks when people don't understand your situation, doesn't it?