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Comment author: Eugine_Nier 19 February 2013 01:39:20AM -1 points [-]

Fair point. I think I was using this as a proxy for truth, the same way you might ask "do economists believe X?" instead of "is X true about the economy?".

You really need to get better proxies for truth.

Comment author: Spurlock 19 February 2013 04:57:51AM 2 points [-]

Well, if nothing else comes out of this exchange, at least I can now relate to the OP that much better.

Comment author: bogdanb 09 March 2013 04:38:56PM 0 points [-]

Weird. I read Eugine's "better proxies" comment as an obvious joke, and had to think for at least five seconds to realize what your reply meant. I can't tell for sure if I would have taken it as criticism if it were directed at me, but I can see how it could be unpleasant if I had.

Priors to update: I can't tell if a comment is unpleasantly critical as well as I thought I did.