woozle comments on Overcoming the mind-killer - Less Wrong

10 Post author: woozle 17 March 2010 12:56AM

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Comment author: Jack 18 March 2010 01:00:12AM *  3 points [-]

I think Matt is right. This is a rationalist intervention.

Take it from another liberal/leftist (I can give damn good bona fides if need be): Politics has killed your mind. At least on this Haidt stuff but possibly elsewhere. The guy isn't a neoconservative. But more importantly, he isn't a pundit or a hack. He's a scientist and he's got bucketloads of data to back up his hypothesis. Your response to Haidt is written like someone trying to win a fight, not like someone trying to understand the world.

Edit: Oh, these things always end with "I love you. Please get help today."

Comment author: woozle 18 March 2010 01:07:22AM 0 points [-]

Does everyone else agree with Jack and Matt? I don't think either of them have rationally justified their criticisms, but that may be my personal akrasia.