wedrifid comments on Rationality and Relationships September 2011 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: drethelin 01 September 2011 07:14:17PM 0 points [-]

then WORK to make that not happen. Maybe you're scared of being confrontational with people you think are wrong, because of lowered status or whatever, but if we're trying to be rational in general, then we should try to come to a rational consensus on a topic that's controversial, as WELL as all the easy topics you can be rational about. You can say you don't think it's worth your time to try and bring rationality to this area, but in that case you can just shut up and post in other discussions, at no cost to yourself.

Comment author: wedrifid 01 September 2011 07:34:24PM *  8 points [-]

but in that case you can just shut up and post in other discussions, at no cost to yourself.

The implications of this being done regularly are significant. In fact, that's the core point Vladimir_M has made. I don't think you have understood the issues even remotely or read Vladimir_M's comments clearly.