hyporational comments on White Lies - Less Wrong

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Comment author: hyporational 08 February 2014 10:55:01AM *  0 points [-]

Fairly obviously it is intended to create significant distance between himself and the undesired person and so help prevent the need for further interaction.

There are fairly straightforward ways of ignoring people that don't make them your enemies. Removing enemies from your life might prove more difficult than getting rid of friends depending on the circumstances.

Comment author: wedrifid 08 February 2014 11:12:23AM *  4 points [-]

There are fairly straightforward ways of ignoring people that doesn't make them your enemies. Removing enemies from your life might prove more difficult than getting rid of friends depending on the circumstances.

I do not endorse Carinthium's strategy. It seems naive. I also don't endorse misleading rhetorical questions. When there is an obvious answer to a rhetorical question which does not support the implied argument then the rhetorical question is an error for the same reason speaking your intent clearly is an error. Your argument-by-question was wrong even though your conclusion (along the lines of 'Carinthium's strategy is stupid') is correct.

Comment author: hyporational 08 February 2014 11:53:13AM *  -2 points [-]

This comment was useful to me, much more so than your original reply, which seemed like misdirected spite.

In hindsight I asked the questions out of laziness, and they were clearly unhelpful. I guess I'll have to adjust my laziness a bit and do more of the work myself.

for the same reason speaking your intent clearly is an error.

I didn't understand this part.

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