Vladimir_Nesov comments on So You've Changed Your Mind - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Vladimir_Nesov 30 April 2011 08:35:56PM 2 points [-]

I don't wish to reveal that "more important value", because I think it would be very distracting

From this alone I expect that you have something to change your mind about. Don't avoid discussing it, or at least have a plan for developing new epistemic tools. :-)

Comment author: LordNorthbury 30 April 2011 08:40:06PM *  0 points [-]

Comment author: Vladimir_Nesov 30 April 2011 09:10:39PM 4 points [-]

The reason I mentioned epistemic tools is that it's possible to be wrong about what your own values are, but people sometimes don't easily accept this idea. Where you expect people finding your value objectionable, I expect people seeing you as mistaken about the fact of this value actually being your own. You believe it is, but it's probably not (based on what indirect evidence you revealed).

Comment author: Alicorn 30 April 2011 08:43:10PM 8 points [-]

But now I'm curious :(

Comment author: NMJablonski 30 April 2011 08:44:11PM *  5 points [-]

it's just a value that if revealed would derail any and all threads

By saying that in a community as insatiably curious as LW you now have dozens of people (including me) persistently wondering what the heck it could be.

:)

Comment author: ata 30 April 2011 09:06:40PM 3 points [-]

p=.65 it's either political or sexual in nature.

Comment author: LordNorthbury 30 April 2011 09:23:01PM *  -1 points [-]

Comment author: [deleted] 30 April 2011 09:36:00PM 10 points [-]

I think you're maybe making it a lot worse by being deliberately coy? If you actually wanted to avoid derailing a thread, wink-nudge-hint wasn't the way to go. I'm not even sure why it was necessary to mention your secret objectionable value at all if you truly didn't want to talk about it.

Comment author: Strange7 01 May 2011 04:29:54AM 2 points [-]

If you look closely, you'll notice that it was your relentless evasiveness rather than the belief itself which has caused that derailment.

Comment author: Swimmer963 30 April 2011 09:08:57PM 2 points [-]

You would be surprised, maybe... If you don't want to derail a public thread, would you send me a private message to discuss this?