saturn comments on What I've learned from Less Wrong - Less Wrong

79 Post author: Louie 20 November 2010 12:47PM

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Comment author: saturn 20 November 2010 09:26:15PM *  4 points [-]

If the whole world claims to be vegan and then eats spam, and moreover sees this as completely normal and expected, and sees people who don't do it as weird and untrustworthy, what exactly are you accomplishing by refusing to go along with it?

Comment author: sark 20 November 2010 10:33:18PM 0 points [-]

Some of us have trouble keeping near and far modes separate. People like us if we try professing veganism, will find ourselves ending up not eating spam.

My personal solution is to lie, I'm actually quite good at it!

Comment author: timtyler 20 November 2010 09:32:58PM 0 points [-]

What does that have to do with the topic? That was just an example of signalling beliefs that don't match your actual beliefs.