Giles comments on On Debates with Trolls - Less Wrong

22 Post author: prase 12 April 2011 08:46AM

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Comment author: Giles 13 April 2011 09:48:10PM 2 points [-]

In the cases where you believe people are talking gibberish, I'd suggest adding a comment saying that you're confused.

It lets people know which topics people find confusing. And if you're lucky you might get some links to background material which will help things make sense.

Comment author: TheOtherDave 13 April 2011 10:23:35PM 1 point [-]

I do that sometimes, but in general only when I'm prepared to dedicate some effort to making sense of an explanation, should someone provide one. "I'm confused, and choose to stay that way for now" seems like an inane thing to say.