Are you better off associated with the fake Nazi or the sincere Nazi?
I eat babies.
(Translation: Please don't ask rhetorical questions that make me choose between agreeing with you and affiliating with sincere Nazis.)
Upvoted since I strongly agree. Arguments shouldn't require using such strongly emotionally biasing examples to be persuasive.
And you made your point so wonderfully concise.
This is thread where I'm trying to figure out a few things about signalling on LessWrong and need some information, so please immediately after reading about the two individuals please answer the poll. The two individuals:
A. Sees that an interpretation of reality shared by others is not correct, but tries to pretend otherwise for personal gain and/or safety.
B. Fails to see that an interpretation of reality is shared by others is flawed. He is therefore perfectly honest in sharing the interpretation of reality with others. The reward regime for outward behaviour is the same as with A.
To add a trivial inconvenience that matches the inconvenience of answering the poll before reading on, comments on what I think the two individuals signal,what the trade off is and what I speculate the results might be here versus the general population, is behind this link.