MBlume comments on A Parable On Obsolete Ideologies - Less Wrong

113 Post author: Yvain 13 May 2009 10:51PM

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Comment author: whpearson 14 May 2009 10:41:32AM 10 points [-]

He is referring to the link to Godwin's Law in the post. From the wiki.

For example, there is a tradition in many newsgroups and other Internet discussion forums that once such a comparison is made, the thread is finished and whoever mentioned the Nazis has automatically "lost" whatever debate was in progress.

Comment author: MBlume 14 May 2009 10:57:41AM 2 points [-]

Thank you! That makes so much more sense =)