Alicorn comments on Rationality Quotes: June 2011 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Alicorn 14 June 2011 12:12:58AM 1 point [-]

There;s no appreciable difference between "telling me to do X" and "pointing out I should do X".

There is some. The former adds an implicit authority claim, whereas the latter could be said in language that does not imply one.