David_Gerard comments on Some Heuristics for Evaluating the Soundness of the Academic Mainstream in Unfamiliar Fields - Less Wrong

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Comment author: David_Gerard 23 February 2011 10:21:09PM 2 points [-]

You will be unsurprised to hear that CP has played out in precisely that manner: a parodist coming in, dancing on the edges of Poe and wreaking havoc by feeding Schlafly's biases.

Comment author: TheOtherDave 23 February 2011 10:22:52PM 1 point [-]

I am hereby stealing the phrase "Dancing on the edge of Poe."

I figured I should let you know.

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