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Vladimir_Nesov comments on Open Thread: July 2010, Part 2 - Less Wrong
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Illusion of transparency: they can probably generate sense in response to anything, but it's not necessarily faithful translation of what you say.
Consider that one of my two posts, Abnormal Cryonics, was simply a narrower version of what I wrote above (structural uncertainty is highly underestimated) and that Nick Tarleton wrote about a third of that post. He understood what I meant and was able to convey it better than I could. Also, Nick Tarleton is quick to call bullshit if something I'm saying doesn't seem to be meaningful, which is a wonderful trait.
Well, that was me calling bullshit.
Thanks! But it seems you're being needlessly abrasive about it. Perhaps it's a cultural thing? Anyway, did you read the expanded version of my comment? I tried to be clearer in my explanation there, but it's hard to convey philosophical intuitions.
I find myself unable to clearly articulate what's wrong with your idea, but in my own words, it reads as follows:
"One should believe certain things to be probable because those are the kinds of things that people believe through magical thinking."