Viliam_Bur comments on Is arrogance a symptom of bad intellectual hygeine? - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Viliam_Bur 23 March 2015 09:53:01AM 1 point [-]

There are probably many different things packed in one word "arrogance". It more or less means "dismissing the opinion of someone whom I consider important", without explaining why exactly does the speaker consider that source important. That could be a good reason, or a bad reason.

Comment author: buybuydandavis 23 March 2015 06:41:56PM 0 points [-]

"dismissing the opinion of someone whom I consider important"

In the interpersonal cases, yes. More generally, it's not giving someone's opinion it's "due", where what's due can range from complete deference to pro forma acknowledgment.

In the correspondence to reality sense, it's dismissing some facts or evidence in favor of your theory.