Eliezer_Yudkowsky comments on The uniquely awful example of theism - Less Wrong

36 Post author: gjm 10 April 2009 12:30AM

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Comment author: PhilGoetz 10 April 2009 05:26:39PM * 3 points [-]

"I vote down all comments that start "No doubt I'll be voted down for this, but..."

I voted you down for that. Seems like you're trying to prevent people from suggesting the existence of groupthink.

The first rule of groupthink is: Don't talk about groupthink!

ADDED: Is it rational for you to downvote someone for making a correct prediction?

Comment author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 10 April 2009 05:36:17PM 0 points [-]

I voted you down because I'm annoyed by people who suggest that suggesting the existence of groupthink is forbidden.

Of course, I'm sure I'll be... um... actually, I'd better not finish that sentence.

Comment author: SoullessAutomaton 10 April 2009 06:27:55PM 5 points [-]

I didn't vote you down because I'm engaging in status signalling by rejecting peer pressure to vote people down for silly reasons. So there.