wedrifid comments on Welcome to Less Wrong! (6th thread, July 2013) - Less Wrong

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Comment author: wedrifid 07 August 2013 06:56:16AM 3 points [-]

In other words, he does what Dennett calls "mistaking a failure of imagination for an insight into necessity".

I like the expression and can think of times where I have looked for something that expresses this all-to-common practice simply.