MichaelVassar comments on Rationality Quotes October 2011 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: MichaelVassar 05 October 2011 02:23:17PM 14 points [-]

Worse, you can simply let people catch you, then get angry with them and bully them into accepting your claims not to have lied out of a mix of imperfect certainty and conflict avoidance. By doing this you condition them to accept the radical form of dominance where they have the authority to tell you what you are morally entitled to believe.

Comment author: Bongo 07 October 2011 09:14:38AM *  2 points [-]

By doing this you condition them to accept the radical form of dominance where they have the authority to tell you what you are morally entitled to believe.

*where you have the authority to tell them (?)

Comment author: MichaelVassar 09 October 2011 02:20:21AM 2 points [-]

Yep. Sorry.