Eugine_Nier comments on Rationality Quotes March 2013 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Qiaochu_Yuan 01 March 2013 08:34:43PM *  8 points [-]

Well, that depends on what the premises and conclusion were. "That's your opinion" can be used as a deflecting move if someone doesn't want to have a particular debate at that particular moment (e.g. if the premises and conclusions were about something highly charged and the woman was not interested in having a highly charged debate). Ignoring a deflecting move could be considered a social blunder, and maybe that's what the woman was responding to. There are a lot of ways to read this situation, and many of them are not "haha, look at how irrational this woman was."

Comment author: Eugine_Nier 02 March 2013 07:27:38AM 4 points [-]

Unfortunately, a lot of people have taken to using these kinds of deflective moves to protect their irrational beliefs.