wedrifid comments on Rationality Quotes March 2013 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: wedrifid 05 March 2013 07:50:49PM *  0 points [-]

This doesn't have anything to do with the quote.

"This" is about the analogy quoted in the grandparent, which is unfair for the reason specified. The "it's like" target is not-like.

Comment author: Qiaochu_Yuan 05 March 2013 07:54:00PM 0 points [-]

I seem to have primed you in completely the wrong direction with the first half of that sentence. Would it be better if I edited it to "it's like linking to a paper that's behind a paywall"?

Comment author: wedrifid 05 March 2013 07:59:57PM *  0 points [-]

Would it be better if I edited it to "it's like linking to a paper that's behind a paywall"?

That would make the analogy apt. I would agree with such a comment.

(This should by no means be taken as an implicit endorsement of interpretations involving 'priming'.)