TheAncientGeek comments on Rationality Quotes November 2013 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: TheAncientGeek 05 November 2013 05:49:13PM -1 points [-]

Oh dear. Whoever wrote the WP article I was quoting didn't steelman their definition.

Comment author: Jiro 05 November 2013 08:50:21PM 2 points [-]

Wikipedia is supposed to use what's in the sources. They're not allowed to steelman.

It may just mean "group or category which I like", but I wouldn't count that as steelmanning.

The best I can come up with is "group or category which has, in the past, often been subject to inaccurately negative judgment based on inaccurate priors". In fact, let's try that one.