shminux comments on Reflection in Probabilistic Logic - Less Wrong

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Comment author: shminux 09 May 2013 07:07:18PM *  12 points [-]

I was not aware of the prior history, but I tend to downvote anyone coming across as a bitter asshole with an ax to grind.

Comment author: wedrifid 10 May 2013 10:42:41AM 2 points [-]

I was not aware of the prior history, but I tend to downvote anyone coming across as a bitter asshole with an ax to grind.

Ditto. I hypothesise that if Richard had used a few different words here and there to take out the overt barbs he may have far more effectively achieved his objective of gaining the moral high ground and making his adversaries look bad.

Comment author: JoshuaZ 10 May 2013 05:44:34PM 0 points [-]

I'd rather not phrase it in terms of adversaries but the basic point that people would be more inclined to listen to Richard if he was less combative is probably accurate.