avichapman comments on We prosecute CEOs for failing to do due diligence. But with people, we call it 'faith' - Less Wrong

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Comment author: avichapman 05 July 2012 08:46:05PM 0 points [-]

I'd disagree that I was going for the fallacy of gray. The fallacy of gray is replacing a two coloured world (black & white) with a 1 coloured world (gray). The post you linked to goes on to say that it is quite appropriate to point out that there is such thing as 'less white' and 'more white' - in fact, a world with millions of shades. It's a great antidote to two-colour thinking.

Comment author: Rain 06 July 2012 10:56:10PM *  0 points [-]

I didn't mean you were committing the fallacy, I meant you were similarly trying to point it out ("going for this kind of article and explanation").

Comment author: avichapman 07 July 2012 12:03:35PM 0 points [-]

Ah. In that case, your comment makes a lot of sense. I apologise for the confusion.