lavalamp comments on Politics Discussion Thread August 2012 - Less Wrong

0 Post author: OrphanWilde 01 August 2012 03:25PM

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Comment author: lavalamp 02 August 2012 12:42:34AM 3 points [-]

What planet do you live on?

This is never a convincing argument...

Comment author: Eugine_Nier 02 August 2012 07:58:47PM 1 point [-]

Neither is the raw assertion it was responding to.

Comment author: lavalamp 02 August 2012 11:43:00PM 4 points [-]

You could easily have said something like, "this is not obvious, please provide the evidence which caused you to believe it." FiftyTwo's statement required support, but yours sounded mindkilled. And even if your mind isn't, that sort of statement will make it extremely difficult for an average person to continue having a productive dialog with you.