wedrifid comments on You're Entitled to Arguments, But Not (That Particular) Proof - Less Wrong

57 Post author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 15 February 2010 07:58AM

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Comment author: wedrifid 21 February 2010 02:04:45PM *  5 points [-]

I have no idea what your point is

We have been there already. In this case my point is that you can reasonably claim "I am willing to talk to dissenters" EXCLUSIVE-OR "me blocking dissenters is not relevant". I don't really care which you do but you're doing both. That's an AND not an XOR.

My more specific point is that this behavior is highly undesirable to me and I want to discourage it.

I could; you could; anyone could. Again, so what?

I don't believe I could. It is the sincere part that is hard for me. Sincerity is a hard skill to master, at least at the higher levels of contradiction.