Douglas_Knight3 comments on Good Idealistic Books are Rare - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Douglas_Knight3 18 February 2009 03:41:57PM 1 point [-]

I think Eliezer is just wrong in his use of the words. Maybe he means "following the party line" where the party is Eliezer himself. Then it is clear why such books are hard to find.

Beyond that, there's enough disagreement in everyone's usage that we should stop using "cynism" and "idealism" for this discussion. Or at least the words should be saved for description of social perception, while more specific terms should be used for, say, describing books.