Vaniver comments on Newtonmas Meetup, 12/25/2010 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: nshepperd 25 December 2010 03:33:26PM 1 point [-]

I was under the impression the stated (by Eliezer) problem was that "X is wrong" is a simple assertion, which is almost certain to change no-one's mind.

  • Q: "Why are you doing X, when X is obviously wrong?"
  • A: "Uh.. because it's not? Why do you think X is wrong?"

Of course it also has connotations of "What are you, some kind of hypocrite?", which isn't exactly helpful either.

Comment author: Vaniver 25 December 2010 03:48:53PM -1 points [-]

Of course it also has connotations of "What are you, some kind of hypocrite?", which isn't exactly helpful either.

I think you mean denotations, in this case.