Jiro comments on When considering incentives, consider the incentives of all parties - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Jiro 01 June 2016 09:52:21PM *  0 points [-]

Fighting the hypothetical, fighting the hypothetical, fighting the hypothetical, suspicion of hidden purpose

Real-world hypotheticals are often made with hidden purposes in mind. It may end up being a good idea to fight the hypothetical, when faced with the tactic of stating claims about real things as "hypotheticals" in order to get the audience to avoid questioning them.

Comment author: OrphanWilde 01 June 2016 11:24:50PM 0 points [-]

Real-world hypotheticals are often made with hidden purposes in mind. It may end up being a good idea to fight the hypothetical, when faced with the tactic of stating claims about real things as "hypotheticals" in order to get the audience to avoid questioning them.

Simply: I disagree.