Will_Sawin comments on Rational Repentance - Less Wrong
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is the centrist position today the same as the centrist position of 10 years ago? what about 100? what about the centrist position in germany in 1942? taking the average of two wrong positions is unlikely to produce a correct one.
and you admit that your values are incoherent so readily? that is unusual but highly beneficial as a starting point.
No, he said that they're probably either incoherent or not succinct.
There should exist coherent positions that are roughly in the center of the two parties/idealogies. One can argue that libertarianism is, for instance.
directional metaphors may fail if looked at with reasonable rigor.
Any statement may appear incoherent if looked at with unreasonable rigor.