DanArmak comments on Let them eat cake: Interpersonal Problems vs Tasks - Less Wrong

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Comment author: DanArmak 10 October 2009 07:08:08PM 3 points [-]

"Yes, of course no one here is a rapist"

That's the controversial claim, all right.

I don't share your intuition, but it wouldn't matter if I did. We LW should be frightened of having intuitions for which we can't, on reflection, give any supporting evidence! And automatically considering your in-group to be of higher virtue or above suspicion is a very well known and widespread human bias. That's why we picked on your claim.

Comment author: wedrifid 10 October 2009 07:33:18PM 1 point [-]

We LW should be frightened of having intuitions for which we can't, on reflection, give any supporting evidence!

I'm more likely to be merely surprised. I can think of supporting evidence for just about any intuition.