Vladimir_Nesov comments on Theory of Knowledge (rationality outreach) - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Vladimir_Nesov 11 August 2011 03:19:35AM *  3 points [-]

(It's not a contradiction. The statement was clearly about placing the blame, which is even explicitly acknowledged in the next comment. I wanted to clarify that widehead's statement was specifically about blame, which I think is a wrong thing to focus on.)

Comment author: DSimon 11 August 2011 03:25:03AM *  0 points [-]

(Fair enough, I retract the downvote. Also: why are we whispering?)

Comment author: Vladimir_Nesov 11 August 2011 03:30:12AM 1 point [-]

It's good to tune down meta discussion, I think. I often write two-part comments where the second part is in parentheses to specify its role.