JoshuaZ comments on My story / owning one's reasons - Less Wrong

53 Post author: jwhendy 07 January 2011 12:17AM

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Comment author: JoshuaZ 08 January 2011 02:48:18PM 2 points [-]

You are being downvoted because you are making a poor comparison. In the context of the poster in question "what you are supposed to think" is due to 1) tribal allegiance and 2) pronouncements from authorities. That's not the same thing as reasoned essays as to why one should think something.