metastable comments on Rationality Quotes August 2013 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: RomanDavis 21 August 2013 02:14:20PM 1 point [-]

Is this just supposed to be a demonstration of irrationality? Can some one unpack this?

Comment author: metastable 21 August 2013 02:56:02PM 4 points [-]

A demonstration of the gray fallacy. The opinions of Ariel Castro are not equidistant from the truth with those of the rest of society, and we don't find the truth by finding a middle ground between his claims and those of everybody else.

Comment author: RomanDavis 21 August 2013 06:45:06PM *  4 points [-]

I don't know how this happened. My comment was supposed to be a reply to:

When the axe came into the woods, many of the trees said, "At least the handle is one of us.

Comment author: metastable 21 August 2013 07:02:35PM 9 points [-]

Ah. I read that one as a reference to the tendency to let tribal affiliation trump realistic evaluation of outcomes.

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