wedrifid comments on White Lies - Less Wrong

38 Post author: ChrisHallquist 08 February 2014 01:20AM

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Comment author: wedrifid 08 February 2014 06:50:40AM *  3 points [-]

I'd say that in your current state of almost total ignorance about the physical and psychological traits of Chris's ex girlfriend, you are simply not in a position to know whether or not you'd want to date her.

It seems this objection could largely be ameliorated by the inclusion of a ceteris paribus clause. Or, given the way you phrased it, perhaps a measure of how just how many units on the Craziness/Hotness scale the behavioural pattern moves her.

EDIT to remove references to mythical three headed guardians of hades.

Comment author: Pablo_Stafforini 08 February 2014 10:25:14AM 0 points [-]

Yeah, it seems I misunderstood the original comment.

Comment author: wedrifid 08 February 2014 10:43:28AM 3 points [-]

Yeah, it seems I misunderstood the original comment.

To be fair on your reply the original comment is worded rather strongly and without care for precision. As such your reply is valid even if slightly less charitable than it could have been.

Comment author: hyporational 08 February 2014 10:41:07AM 1 point [-]

I'm pretty sure I got it wrong too.