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RolfAndreassen comments on How to deal with non-realism? - Less Wrong Discussion

12 Post author: loup-vaillant 22 May 2012 01:58PM

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Comment author: RolfAndreassen 22 May 2012 06:22:01PM 6 points [-]

What do you hope to accomplish in this argument? Unless your mother's far beliefs cause her to take near actions which make local lives unpleasant, I suggest that fixing her stated beliefs about reality is not a high priority. It's especially not a priority for you; your interactions with your mother cannot help but be coloured by prestige.

Comment author: Alsadius 23 May 2012 03:39:54PM 1 point [-]

People like arguing?

Comment author: loup-vaillant 23 May 2012 03:57:19PM 1 point [-]

Yep. But also because disagreement is an itch I have the urge to scratch. I don't like contradiction, because it means someone is wrong, and that's bad. Or at least that's how I tend to feel.