ciphergoth comments on Open Thread, April 1-15, 2012 - Less Wrong
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Oh God, please don't say this; it's an absolutely classic way to seem clever to yourself and lock in existing beliefs. Please don't treat people reacting badly to what you say as evidence that it was a good and valuable thing to say.
Actually, my original suggestion ("it needs a catchy slogan") was about promoting cryonics, actually, and the example I gave was the first thing that poped into my head, in a hope that others would come up with something better. Instead the discussion turned to the reasons why my suggestion was so awful. In retrospect, this was a classic pitfall, offering a single solution too early. I was taken aback by the reaction, and wanted to know what provoked it and how to tell whether the arguments are valid.
Oh, and I personally would sign up for cryonics, if only I could (not going to go into the reasons why I cannot at this time).
In the grandparent, you wrote:
These statements seem to be in contradiction.
As I said, "I was taken aback by the reaction, and wanted to know what provoked it and how to tell whether the arguments are valid"