ciphergoth comments on Your Strength as a Rationalist - Less Wrong

69 Post author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 11 August 2007 12:21AM

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Comment author: Dpar 09 August 2010 07:19:32PM *  0 points [-]

"This doesn't remotely follow and is far weaker evidence than other available sources. For a start, everyone knows that you get to Oz with tornadoes and concussions."

Let's not get bogged down in the specific procedure of getting to Oz. My point was that if you truly adapt merely seeing something written somewhere as your standard for evidence, you commit yourself to analyzing and weighing the merits of EVERYTHING you read about EVERYWHERE. Do you mean to tell that when you read a fairy tale you truly consider whether or not what's written there is true? That you don't just dismiss it offhand without giving it a second thought?

"It makes you look like an outsider who isn't able to follow simple social conventions and may have a tendency towards obstinacy. (Since you asked...)"

Like I said above to Vladimir, it's not a big deal, but you're reading quite a bit into a simple habit.

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Comment author: Dpar 10 August 2010 12:35:58PM -2 points [-]

Duly noted. God forbid I do something that annoys you. Won't be able to live with myself.

Comment author: ciphergoth 10 August 2010 12:41:33PM 5 points [-]

As always, I recommend against sarcasm, which can hide errors in reasoning that would be more obvious when you speak straightforwardly.

Comment author: Dpar 10 August 2010 01:16:17PM -2 points [-]

It was a comment on wedrifid's implicit assumption that I should care about what annoys him and bizarre expectation that I would adjust my behavior because I was "prompted" (not asked politely mind you) by him. Not sure what part of that is not obvious to you.