army1987 comments on Rationality Quotes March 2013 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: [deleted] 07 March 2013 11:19:09AM *  1 point [-]

In principle, I agree, but: 1) attempts to do that can backfire if done the wrong way, and 2) Ron Dreher is most likely not reading this thread anyway.

Comment author: William_Quixote 07 March 2013 08:28:17PM 3 points [-]

I basically agree with 1 and 2. That said, although Ron Dreher is not going to read this, odds are good that the number of people on this thread that would benefit from a more conscious less automatic process for choosing words with regards to making / not making gener salient is greater than 0.

Greater than zero is a weak claim, but I do think this kind of criticism adds value.