Annoyance comments on A Parable On Obsolete Ideologies - Less Wrong

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

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Comment author: Vladimir_Nesov 14 May 2009 09:52:07PM 1 point [-]

But do we actually have an emotional discussion now? I hope the community is sufficiently immune to the standard mind-killers.

Comment author: Annoyance 15 May 2009 12:51:18AM 2 points [-]

We demonstrate our vulnerability every time someone stresses rationality without actually meaning rationality.

Any discussion in which the points are not made explicitly is an emotional one, because logic and reason are not being engaged.