b1shop comments on The Meaning of Life - Less Wrong

13 Post author: b1shop 17 September 2010 07:29PM

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Comment author: wedrifid 18 September 2010 04:38:19AM 1 point [-]

Building instrumental rationality may not be the reason why we're on this planet, but it it is the reason we're on this website.

NO. IT. ISN'T!

I reversed my upvote when I noticed this comment. That claim is making a factually incorrect assertion to me about myself and also thrusting a normative presumption at the community at large. I always vote down such claims, no matter how good the rest of the post or comment is.

(Incidentally, apart from that final sentence your post applied to epistemic rationality at least as much as it applied to instrumental rationality.)

Comment author: b1shop 18 September 2010 05:51:27AM 8 points [-]

Thanks for the feedback. You make a good point. That was me trying to be a good writer instead of a good thinker. Thank you for holding me to high standards.

Comment author: wedrifid 18 September 2010 06:42:43AM 2 points [-]

That was me trying to be a good writer instead of a good thinker.

Good insight.