nydwracu comments on Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality discussion thread, part 19, chapter 88-89 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: [deleted] 01 July 2013 12:51:10AM 9 points [-]

But you're talking about bringing in people known to fail at rationality due to signaling games. Do you think they can be eventually brought around, or?

Comment author: loserthree 01 July 2013 01:14:41AM 0 points [-]

Everyone fails at rationality due to signaling games.

Comment author: Eugine_Nier 01 July 2013 04:18:09AM 3 points [-]

Yes, but not everyone insists on guilt by association with anyone saying politically incorrect things.

Comment author: loserthree 01 July 2013 12:36:59PM -2 points [-]

No, but enough people do that it's an important consideration.

I don't mean that a "little guilt by association with anyone saying politically incorrect things" is enough to immediately roll back whatever one was doing. But it's enough to reevaluate. And, on reevaluation, it added more weight to a damning line of thought that already existed.

So I've weighed both sides and found yours wanting. Your hostile reaction isn't doing you any favors. In fact, it convinces me all the more that the path I'm turning away from, the one where I introduce friends to Less Wrong, was not a worthwhile path.

Comment author: Eugine_Nier 02 July 2013 02:13:26AM 2 points [-]

In fact, it convinces me all the more that the path I'm turning away from, the one where I introduce friends to Less Wrong, was not a worthwhile path.

Going by your description of your friends, I'm inclined to agree.

Comment author: [deleted] 17 July 2013 05:00:02AM 0 points [-]

I just want to say that I like this comment, and you are a pretty cool guy.

Comment author: Eugine_Nier 19 July 2013 05:41:28AM -1 points [-]

Thanks.