Vladimir_Nesov comments on Epistemic Viciousness - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Vladimir_Nesov 02 January 2011 02:07:20AM 2 points [-]

Also, the hypothetical lunatic doesn't desire to believe ze's insane, [...]

Maybe actually not, but ze should, hence the litany.

Comment author: orthonormal 02 January 2011 02:32:48AM 1 point [-]

The reason the litany helps people in general is that we really do want, upon reflection, to believe true things rather than false ones. I'm not sure that holds for lunatics.

I'm also tapping out, unless this conversation takes a more comical turn again.