Cyan comments on How to think like a quantum monadologist - Less Wrong

-14 Post author: Mitchell_Porter 15 October 2009 09:37AM

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Comment author: Alicorn 29 October 2009 04:51:26PM 0 points [-]

The fact that he agreed just makes him a hypocrite when he breaks the agreement. If he hadn't agreed, that wouldn't make it appropriate for him to continue to bother me.

Comment author: Cyan 29 October 2009 05:18:13PM 2 points [-]

My point is directed at statements like

That comment would be appropriate from Mitchell in this context, not Alicorn.

and

It is not reasonable to expect special treatment, of which 'never reply to me' is an instance.

and not at the appropriateness or lack thereof of SilasBarta continuing to interact with you in the counterfactual world where he had not agreed.