Cameron_Taylor comments on The First Koan: Drinking the Hot Iron Ball - Less Wrong

-4 Post author: Annoyance 07 May 2009 05:41PM

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Comment author: conchis 09 May 2009 02:12:28PM *  3 points [-]

I have somewhat more respect for the substance of your views than for the intemperate and largely counterproductive ways in which you choose to express them.

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Comment author: conchis 11 May 2009 08:08:15AM *  1 point [-]

'Productivity' must be considered relative to my utility function

Well, no. It could equally well be considered relative to mine. As it happens, I was guessing (perhaps wrongly) at an approximate community utility function. Based on previous evidence, this seemed to have a negative term for potentially inflammatory language that is unnecessary to making the commenter's substantive point.

Comment author: abigailgem 09 May 2009 01:52:27PM 0 points [-]

I said, "only if you believe that to be the case". By "that", I intended to refer to the belief that [thinking the post is worthless means that you are unenlightened].

This is thinking in rigid categories. "All people who do not value koans are unenlightened". I do not really know what "enlightenment" is, but that false view is unenlightened.