Eliezer_Yudkowsky comments on A List of Nuances - Less Wrong

31 Post author: abramdemski 10 November 2014 05:02AM

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Comment author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 12 November 2014 07:08:35AM 2 points [-]

Motte-and-bailey seems like it should be under What You Mean vs. What You Think You Mean

Comment author: OpenThreadGuy 13 November 2014 01:05:00PM *  1 point [-]

I agree that it makes sense there.

The reason I put it where it is, is: belief-edifice-memeplex-paradigm-framework-system-movement-whatevers have members who say different things. Some members say things that are more like a motte and others say things that are more like a bailey. Even if the individual members consistently claim one or the other, this looks suspiciously like a group responding to incentives by committing the fallacy.