Mass_Driver comments on An Outside View on Less Wrong's Advice - Less Wrong

60 Post author: Mass_Driver 07 July 2011 04:46AM

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Comment author: Mass_Driver 08 July 2011 05:17:47AM 3 points [-]

Awesome. I really like this position; it feels right. It was too stingy of me to say that all rationalism buys is a chance to conform, and it's too optimistic of certain LW cheerleaders to claim that rationality will promptly sweep the world or grant us superpowers. Your comment nails the middle path between these two extremes. :-)

Comment author: Multiheaded 12 July 2011 12:07:32AM *  6 points [-]

Your comment nails the middle path between these two extremes. :-)

Are you deliberately trying to invoke our Deep Wisdom alarms with an incredibly blatant golden mean fallacy?

Comment author: Mass_Driver 12 July 2011 03:00:45AM 1 point [-]

[Grin] Guilty as charged. That said, I do really like SarahC's position.