ArisKatsaris comments on Rationality Lessons Learned from Irrational Adventures in Romance - Less Wrong

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Comment author: ArisKatsaris 12 October 2011 11:36:29PM *  -1 points [-]

but are we really short on Brave Truth-Tellers here on LW? I submit we are not.

That just sounds self-congratulatory applause-lights. What's your evidence for this claim?

Comment author: Nornagest 12 October 2011 11:48:42PM 7 points [-]

I read "Brave Truth-Tellers" as a slightly sarcastic way of saying "contrarians", which we've got plenty of.

Comment author: katydee 13 October 2011 12:04:56AM 2 points [-]

Quite.

Comment author: dlthomas 13 October 2011 12:09:44AM 3 points [-]

No we don't.

Comment author: [deleted] 13 October 2011 12:06:40AM 5 points [-]

self-congratulatory applause-lights

Oh no, not at all, I meant it more like "Oh LW, you so crazy!" I believe we are very, very contrarian here; stating unpopular beliefs is a form of showing off (see The Irrationality Game). I am not sure what quantifiable evidence I can offer of that, but I'm far from the first to make the observation.