teageegeepea comments on Outside Analysis and Blind Spots - Less Wrong

68 Post author: orthonormal 21 July 2009 01:00AM

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Comment author: teageegeepea 21 July 2009 02:01:38AM *  7 points [-]

That was a very nice trick you pulled. I was even grimacing at the phrase "rather intelligent Leon Kass acolyte". Too bad it will be hard to do it again as we'll be on alert!

I second Allan, you definitely changed the meaning from OUGHT_TO(x) to GIVEN(x).

I posted this before, but it seems appropriate again, so here is the Mind Hacks post on bias blind-spot.

I do have a favorite blogger that gets under my skin through that sort of outside-group analysis. Unfortunately, the benefits to my epistemic health are not captured in any way to provide incentives for production.

Comment author: Jonathan_Graehl 21 July 2009 04:09:48AM 2 points [-]

The critique didn't push any of my us vs. them buttons, mostly because it resembled my existing view. Maybe if I remembered who Leon Kass was, I'd have been offended.