Yvain comments on Defense Against The Dark Arts: Case Study #1 - Less Wrong

100 Post author: Yvain 28 March 2009 02:31AM

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Comment author: Yvain 28 March 2009 11:23:55AM *  15 points [-]

Yes and no. This is a reasonable defense of Steve Jobs, but not a reasonable defense of using the statement as a reply to Crowley's theory of yoga. The first conclusion of the statement - that India needs more Western values - is okay. The second conclusion - that therefore, the West can't learn from Indian "spiritual wisdom" - doesn't follow. To reply to Crowley's theory, it needs to prove the second conclusion.