wedrifid comments on This post is for sacrificing my credibility! - Less Wrong

-29 Post author: Will_Newsome 02 June 2012 12:08AM

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Comment author: wedrifid 02 June 2012 03:44:28AM 2 points [-]

You know what else is a possible username? WillNewsome. NillWoosome. It'll be pesky deleting all those accounts and posts, if I do decide to troll the fuck out of everyone.

Yes, you could be a pest. You are probably also resourceful enough to escalate to the level of criminal behavior up to and including multiple assassinations of prominent lesswrong users if you really wanted to. The fact that someone is physically possible of doing undesirable things to you at a cost to themselves isn't always a good reason to comply to their demands.

Comment author: mwengler 02 June 2012 03:27:00PM -1 points [-]

The fact that someone is physically possible of doing undesirable things to you at a cost to themselves isn't always a good reason to comply to their demands.

It is, however, always a good reason to consider complying with their demands. And to consider compromise. And to consider whether your position is emotionally driven by our natural values of winning and slapping down challengers, and not rationally aligned with many of your other values.