Zvi comments on Rationality Quotes September 2013 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 04 September 2013 05:03:45AM 22 points [-]

Caution in applying such a principle seems appropriate. I say this because I've long since lost track of how often I've seen on the Internet, "I lost all respect for X when they said [perfectly correct thing]."

Comment author: Zvi 04 September 2013 11:57:17AM 7 points [-]

For most people, is it necessarily wrong to lose all respect for someone in response to a true statement? Most people are respecting things other than truth, and the point "anyone respectable would have known not to say that" can remain perfectly valid.