mattnewport comments on Open Thread: July 2010, Part 2 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: mattnewport 23 September 2010 11:02:16PM 13 points [-]

I would call the police, who would track you down and verify that you were bluffing.

And you'd probably be cited for wasting police time. This is the most ridiculous statement I've seen on here in a while.

Comment author: jimrandomh 23 September 2010 11:07:11PM *  -2 points [-]

It was a hypothetical, in the (10^-12 probability) event that waitingforgodel provided credible evidence that he was willing and able to carry through with the threat he made. I figured that following through the logical consequences would make him realize just how ridiculous and bad what he'd said was.