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Vladimir_Nesov comments on Open Thread, April 1-15, 2012 - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: Vladimir_Nesov 01 April 2012 06:48:30PM *  4 points [-]

Actually, my original suggestion ("it needs a catchy slogan") was about promoting cryonics, actually, and the example I gave was the first thing that poped into my head

In the grandparent, you wrote:

The only reasonable argument (I don't consider marketing considerations reasonable) is by orthonormal

These statements seem to be in contradiction.

Comment author: shminux 01 April 2012 07:08:32PM -1 points [-]

As I said, "I was taken aback by the reaction, and wanted to know what provoked it and how to tell whether the arguments are valid"