And in the end they would either be ignored, downvoted, called stupid or their disagreement a result of motivated cognition.
"Called" both referred to the named people and linked "their disagreement" to "a result of motivated cognition". It's a syllepsis.
And in the end they would either be ignored, downvoted, or called stupid, or their disagreement was called a result of motivated cognition.
Eliezer once told me:
If there's one rationality skill I like to think I'm pretty good at, it's this one: the skill of saying "Oops."
In fact, I say "Oops, fixed, thanks" so often on Less Wrong I once suggested I should have a shortcut for it: "OFT."
And I don't just say "oops" for typos and mistakes in tone, but also for mistakes in my facts and arguments.
It's not that I say "oops" every time I'm challenged at length, either. I don't say "oops" until I actually think I was significantly wrong; otherwise, I stand my ground and ask for better counter-arguments.
But I'm sure I can improve.
Wanna help me debug my own mind?
Tell me: On which issues do you think I most obviously still need to say "Oops"?