NancyLebovitz comments on A sense of logic - Less Wrong

13 Post author: NancyLebovitz 10 December 2010 06:19PM

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Comment author: NancyLebovitz 10 December 2010 07:15:52PM 0 points [-]

Which one sounds like nausea? I've never had that strong a reaction to a bad argument.

Comment author: rosyatrandom 11 December 2010 06:30:38AM 1 point [-]

Does the phrase, "The stupid; it hurts" feel appropriate? It's as if to understand someone's line of thought you have to mutilate your own thought processes, and it's like hearing a truly terrible joke tenfold.

Comment author: NancyLebovitz 11 December 2010 05:12:59PM 0 points [-]

It's too unspecific. I'm exploring how recognizing good and bad logic interacts with people's sensory experience, and no one's reporting a burning sensation so far.

Your quote is a joke about the intensity of the experience, not the specific quality.

Comment author: David_Gerard 11 December 2010 10:27:43PM 0 points [-]

What this post is doing is starting on applying reductionism to "The stupid, it hurts." That's way cool.