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TimS comments on Ontologial Reductionism and Invisible Dragons - Less Wrong Discussion

-11 Post author: Balofsky 20 March 2012 02:29AM

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Comment author: TimS 22 March 2012 06:32:29PM 6 points [-]

Be that as it may, your original comment can reasonably be interpreted as:

You sure are trying really hard to justify your belief. Are you sure that you aren't trying to deceive yourself about your true beliefs?

Whatever the merits of that analysis, it asserts you know the mental processes of the speaker better than the person living the processes, and is not engaging with the speaker. It's quite presumptuous to interact with someone with engaging with them.

In short, you are getting push-back because you are being rude.

Comment author: drethelin 22 March 2012 08:36:09PM 3 points [-]

You're right. I should've been less rude

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