loqi comments on Amanda Knox: post mortem - Less Wrong

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Comment author: brazil84 21 October 2011 10:43:58AM 2 points [-]

•You didn't know the names of the people commenting.

I'm not sure that's the way to put it, but let me ask you this: How much stock do you put in the unsupported assertion of an anonymous person on the internet?

•You have faith that you're more reliable than those people.

Please quote me where I made that assertion.

•You would lose your job if you weren't so great at seeing through bullshit.

Well I need to be decent at a minimum. But basically yeah. I assess cases day in and day out. That's a huge advantage. I know that I'm much better than I was 15 years ago, even though I was just as smart then as I am now.

•You have often failed to see through bullshit.

Sure, getting this kind of feedback is a good way to improve one's judgment. Do you seriously disagree?

Boy was Upton Sinclair ever right.

:shrug: I agree, but employment is sadly not the only motivator for self-deception. Let me ask you this:

Do you agree that the tone of your post is a bit nasty?

Comment author: loqi 21 October 2011 05:17:35PM *  -1 points [-]

Do you agree that the tone of your post is a bit nasty?

Yes. It's a combination of having little respect for the feelings of typically-wrong pseudonymous internet posters as well as faith in my own ability to look at incomplete justifications for sloppy reasoning and draw snarky conclusions.

Comment author: brazil84 23 October 2011 10:15:47AM 0 points [-]

Yes

Ok, and again my questions:

•You have faith that you're more reliable than those people.

Please quote me where I made that assertion.

•You have often failed to see through bullshit.

Sure, getting this kind of feedback is a good way to improve one's judgment. Do you seriously disagree?