Douglas_Knight comments on White Lies - Less Wrong

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

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Comment author: Douglas_Knight 09 February 2014 04:08:26AM 3 points [-]

I am very confused by this thread. When I ask "How does this work?" there is an implicit assumption that it does work.

Comment author: SaidAchmiz 09 February 2014 04:16:30AM 5 points [-]

Often, when people say "how does X work?", what they're actually communicating is their belief that it doesn't work. It's an expression of incredulity.