Nameless comments on Reason as memetic immune disorder - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Nameless 21 September 2009 06:13:50PM 23 points [-]

Can we please not have this discussion here? Posters here are posting under their real names or lasting pseudonyms, so they can't defend the un-PC arguments without making numerous crimethink statements that could rebound against them in real life. So those who advance the PC arguments will wind up shadowboxing with those who don't fear retaliation or reputational costs, and we won't get a real honest discussion.

Questions of race and intelligence will be settled decisively within 5 or 10 years when large scale whole-genome sequencing studies are done.

Comment author: wedrifid 21 September 2009 06:40:39PM 11 points [-]

Posters here are posting under their real names or lasting pseudonyms, so they can't defend the un-PC arguments without making numerous crimethink statements that could rebound against them in real life.

While I'm not sure if avoiding the discussion altogether is an optimal solution I do share your frustration. It took me a while to realise that using my real name here was a bad idea. We aren't all that much less wrong.

Comment author: itsunder9000 02 November 2010 09:39:06PM 3 points [-]

Yeah, rule numero uno of the internet is to remain ANON as much as possible.

Comment author: rastilin 19 April 2011 11:41:48AM 2 points [-]

Precisely. Especially since, while a lot of us have jobs where we either work for ourselves or our bosses just don't care... some of us have those repressive nightmare jobs where our bosses google for us regularly outside of work hours.

Comment author: satt 02 November 2010 10:55:12PM 3 points [-]

But isn't it easy to make a temporary pseudonymous account on this website?

Comment author: SilasBarta 21 September 2009 06:23:52PM 15 points [-]

Questions of race and intelligence will be settled decisively within 5 or 10 years when large scale whole-genome sequencing studies are done.

Oh, look honey! It's someone who thinks zealots are willing to change their minds when presented with overwhelming evidence!

That's nice, dear.

Comment author: MarkusRamikin 23 October 2011 07:38:51AM *  6 points [-]

Is it just me misunderstanding the subtleties of a foreign language, or is this un-LW-ishly rude?

Comment author: SilasBarta 23 October 2011 09:13:32PM 5 points [-]

It's complicated. Different people will probably interpret it differently. I figured the template is common enough that people would see it as a reference and not take the sarcasm personally, but still realize the argument rests on a shaky assumption. I got voted up a lot, so I figure people took it the way I intended.