Konkvistador comments on That Thing That Happened - Less Wrong

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Comment author: [deleted] 19 December 2012 08:41:59AM 0 points [-]

the non-meta version of Konkvistador's message is fairly consistent with his known policy preferences

Don't quite see which policy preferences you are talking about.

methods of historical analysis.

I certainly hope so! Not much point in writing parody if you can't make fun out of oneself.

Comment author: TimS 19 December 2012 03:23:28PM *  0 points [-]

Don't quite see which policy preferences you are talking about.

I realize now that this wasn't your intent, but this:

This is what blueist ideology has been working towards for decades if not millennia

made me think of this discussion we had about historical trends. Not your fault that American TV uses blue for one of the political parties, specifically the one that you like less. But it created inferences in my mind, since I hadn't read the link closely. (see also this, which suggested to me that this issue is still very much on your mind).

methods of historical analysis.

I certainly hope so! Not much point in writing parody if you can't make fun out of oneself.

This isn't really a local failure mode. I think I do well at avoiding this particular failure, and your specific application of the general principle was well received (based on karma). That's why I said that this meta doesn't seem to be aimed at solving any particular problem.