James_C comments on Professing and Cheering - Less Wrong

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Comment author: James_C 05 December 2007 10:53:45AM 1 point [-]

I see it differently. This is what I suspect was going on. She's driven by a feeling of how cool that would be if it was the case -- revelling in it -- with a concomitant avoidance of evaluating the notion to closely. And she's keen to project this image "are't I awesome for being so /radical/ in my beliefs".