wedrifid comments on Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality discussion thread, part 4 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: wedrifid 02 November 2010 09:25:49PM 0 points [-]

Has it got to the point where replying to this would be a violation of the 'Do not feed the trolls' convention? I had written a brief response but realize it may be better to ignore instead. But I will defer to the judgement of others here... if there are people who are still taking mwaser seriously then I will engage as appropriate.

Comment author: PhilGoetz 03 November 2010 04:21:07AM *  1 point [-]

Has it got to the point where replying to this would be a violation of the 'Do not feed the trolls' convention?

mwaser does not sound trollish here to me:

This community is far worse at that than most I've seen. Y'all know how to argue/debate "logically" much better -- but it's normally to the purpose of retaining your views, not discovering where you might have gone wrong or where you might do better.

There are users whom I think this describes well, including a few very active and usually-correct ones.

Comment author: JGWeissman 02 November 2010 09:31:06PM 1 point [-]

Has it got to the point where replying to this would be a violation of the 'Do not feed the trolls' convention?

Not exactly, but I would support a "Do not feed the crackpots" convention.

Comment author: wedrifid 02 November 2010 09:39:04PM *  2 points [-]

Good point. An important distinction. Trolling is entirely different in nature (and much more normatively objectionable). Although one way to create trolls is to feed the crackpots after midnight.