shminux comments on The noncentral fallacy - the worst argument in the world? - Less Wrong

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Comment author: shminux 19 September 2012 08:56:08PM *  1 point [-]

I take back the "never" part, it is way too strong. What I meant to say is that the probability of someone proclaiming that freedom is her terminal value not having dug deep enough to find her true terminal values is extremely high.

Comment author: Nornagest 19 September 2012 09:18:02PM 1 point [-]

That seems reasonable. Especially given how often freedom gets used as an applause light.