helldalgo comments on The Fable of the Burning Branch - Less Wrong

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Comment author: OrphanWilde 08 February 2016 08:53:55PM 8 points [-]

Which is why the anti-politics rule exists, I think. Because most people can't disengage enough. The downvotes are perfectly fair, otherwise any authentic-enough political crying fit would be a heckler's veto on the anti-politics rule, which would just become politics by another name as people tried to decide what qualified as authentic.

But people should view stuff like this as... exercises in recognizing and overcoming their biases. Not excuses to attack wrongthought.

Comment author: helldalgo 08 February 2016 08:58:06PM 4 points [-]

You make good points. I'm not going to redact, because I don't think I'm incorrect, but I'm tapping out of this thread.