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82 Post author: Grognor 02 February 2012 05:13AM

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Comment author: randallsquared 02 February 2012 02:16:40PM 13 points [-]

This is not (to paraphrase Eliezer) a thunderbolt of insight. [...]

This sentence seems exactly the same to me as saying, "This was obvious, but, [...]".

Sometimes, people assert obviousness as a self-deprecating maneuver or to preempt criticism, rather than because they believe that everyone would consider the statement in question obvious.