Azathoth123 comments on Rationality Quotes September 2014 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Azathoth123 01 September 2014 11:38:17PM 9 points [-]

Have you tried getting sense out of an NRx or HBD.er?

Yes, what they say frequently makes a lot more sense than the mainstream position on the issue in question.

Comment author: [deleted] 10 September 2014 08:40:35PM 1 point [-]

I completely disagree. Their grasp of politics is largely based on meta-contrarianism, and has failed to "snap back" into basing one's views on a positive program whose goodness and rationality can be argued for with evidence.

Comment author: Azathoth123 11 September 2014 03:16:14AM 7 points [-]

Their grasp of politics is largely based on meta-contrarianism, and has failed to "snap back" into basing one's views on a positive program whose goodness and rationality can be argued for with evidence.

Huh? HBD'ers are making observations about the world, they do not have a "positive program". As for NRx, they do have a positive program do use evidence to argue for it, see the NRx thread and the various blogs linked there for some examples.