mattnewport comments on Forager Anthropology - Less Wrong

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Comment author: WrongBot 29 July 2010 06:39:02PM 3 points [-]

"[Y]ou just don't know how to think carefully about arguments when they engage your emotions" was exactly the kind of specific criticism I asked for, and you did not (then) offer it.

I've considered and dismissed the possibility that I was falling prey to that failure mode on several occasions, but my dismissals may have been too hasty. I'll take a look at my comment history, wait to see if people chime in to agree with or upvote you, and then reevaluate.

Comment author: mattnewport 29 July 2010 06:45:36PM 1 point [-]

"[Y]ou just don't know how to think carefully about arguments when they engage your emotions"

This was the impression I got from your posts and comments as well. I'm inclined to agree with most of MichaelVassar's criticisms though I don't think it was necessary to go as far as asking you to leave.