Lumifer comments on Suppose HBD is True - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Lumifer 22 April 2016 02:31:10PM *  0 points [-]

That is neither what I said nor what I meant.

Of course, that was a patented snarky one-liner interpretation :-) Dialing it down a couple of notches, what you said was that you'd much prefer not to look into a particular corner because what you could find there might be helpful to people you dislike. And hey, there is that guy on teh internets who thinks the corner is empty, anyways!

The issue here, by the way, is not whether your position is uncompromising enough, the issue is whether it's coherent and consistent with other views you've expressed.

Comment author: gjm 22 April 2016 06:27:01PM -2 points [-]

because what you could find there might be helpful to people you dislike

Nope, still neither what I said nor what I meant.

not whether your position is uncompromising enough, [...] whether it's coherent and consistent with other views you've expressed.

Sorry, don't believe you.