RobinZ comments on But Somebody Would Have Noticed - Less Wrong

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Comment author: simplicio 07 May 2010 02:35:49AM *  4 points [-]

And later, if you keep going: "I told you to shut up. Look, either you're taking this joke way too far or you are literally insane. How am I supposed to believe anything you say now?"

You could always say something like "I believe X, but given your epistemic position, I understand your unwillingness to believe me." I would accept that from somebody who was ostensibly abducted by aliens.

ETA: added "ostensibly." =)

Comment author: RobinZ 07 May 2010 02:44:34AM *  3 points [-]

Edited: I agree, and I would accept that from someone who was not abducted by aliens, which might be more relevant. I worry that many people would not.