Eugine_Nier comments on Philosophical Landmines - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Eugine_Nier 08 February 2013 11:26:05PM 6 points [-]

Agreed except for this:

Most ideas come in strong, contentious flavours and watered-down, easy-to-defend flavours.

In my experience the strong flavors are easier to defend, except that they tend to trip people's absurdity heuristics.