ChristianKl comments on Rationality Quotes Thread November 2015 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: ChristianKl 18 November 2015 06:35:56PM 1 point [-]

"clearly define the classes of people whom it is socially and politically acceptable not to pay back." sounds to me like a populist suggestion.

To the extend that you quoted him out of context, that's still an issue with the quote.

Comment author: ike 18 November 2015 07:45:47PM 0 points [-]

I kind of expect someone disagreeing with a quote to at least look at the context. Do you think quoting the entire section would have gotten a better reaction?

Comment author: ChristianKl 18 November 2015 08:39:10PM 2 points [-]

I kind of expect someone disagreeing with a quote to at least look at the context.

I generally do think that quotes in this thread are supposed to be able to stand alone.

Do you think quoting the entire section would have gotten a better reaction?

Lumifer probably still would have objected.

Comment author: Lumifer 18 November 2015 10:10:32PM 0 points [-]

I looked at the context -- the quote was made while Levine was talking about Puerto Rico. It still does not make sense. He might have meant it as a fancy way of saying that if nobody cares then nobody cares, but that's a trivial observation.