Eliezer_Yudkowsky comments on Five-minute rationality techniques - Less Wrong

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Comment author: [deleted] 11 August 2010 11:43:15AM 10 points [-]

Oh, I have the same thing. I do have some nearly disreputable views, and I have accidentally hurt people's feelings by airing them. (Pretty mild stuff: "Walmart's not so bad" and "Physical resurrection doesn't make sense.") Now I'm pretty much housebroken, although I worry like wedrifid that it shows in my facial expressions.

But. Would any of you really trade being well-informed for the convenience of not having to hold your tongue? I know I wouldn't.

Comment author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 12 August 2010 04:52:53PM 5 points [-]

Would any of you really trade being well-informed for the convenience of not having to hold your tongue?

Well said. That's a 5-second response right there to quite a lot of people in the econoblogging community who think they're clever.