RickJS comments on Bayesians vs. Barbarians - Less Wrong

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Comment author: RickJS 22 April 2009 04:30:23PM *  1 point [-]

Consider (think WITH this idea for a while. There will be plenty of time to refute it later. I find that, if I START with, "That's so wrong!", I <b>really</b> weaken my ability to "pan for the gold".)

Consider that you are using "we" and "self" as a pointer that jumps from one set to another moment by moment. Here is a list of some sets that may be confounded together here, see how many others you can think of. These United States (see the Constitution)

the people residing in that set

citizens who vote

citizens with a peculiar attitude

the President

Congress

organizations (corporations, NGOs, political parties, movements, e-communities, etc.)

the wealthy and powerful

the particular wealthy and powerful who see an opportunity to benefit from an invasion

Multiple Edits: trying to get this site to respect line/ paragraph breaks, formatting. Does this thing have any formatting codes?

Comment author: thomblake 22 April 2009 07:22:48PM 1 point [-]

There's a "Help" link below / next to the comment box, and it respects much of the MarkDown standard. To put a single line break at the end of the line, just end the line with two spaces. Paragraph breaks are created by a blank line in-between lines of text.