thomblake comments on Not By Empathy Alone - Less Wrong

19 Post author: gwern 05 October 2011 12:36AM

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Comment author: thomblake 05 October 2011 02:46:44PM *  2 points [-]

That's not just a re-phrasing. That something is not to be avoided is not the same as that it is to be pursued - thus, "not should" is different from "should not". Also, "that is not to say that..." is not a direct endorsement of what follows (EDIT: or its negation).