Relsqui comments on The Problem With Trolley Problems - Less Wrong

11 Post author: lionhearted 23 October 2010 05:14AM

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Comment author: Relsqui 23 October 2010 06:25:59PM 3 points [-]

This is strange, this is the second comment that summarized an argument that I'm not actually making, and then argues against the made up summary.

If the mistaken summaries are similar to each other, this may mean that the post did not get across the point you wanted it to get across.

Comment author: lionhearted 23 October 2010 07:58:10PM *  -1 points [-]

If the mistaken summaries are similar to each other

Nah, they were totally different summaries. Both used words I didn't say and that don't map at all to arguments I made... it's like they read something that's not there.

this may mean that the post did not get across the point you wanted it to get across.

That, or people mis-summarizing for argument's sake?

Either way, it's up to me to get the point across clearly. I thought this was a fairly simple, straightforward post, but apparently not.