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Vladimir_Nesov comments on Neil Armstrong died before we could defeat death - Less Wrong Discussion

-1 Post author: kilobug 25 August 2012 07:49PM

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Comment author: Vladimir_Nesov 25 August 2012 10:48:29PM *  11 points [-]

I strongly dislike this kind of distortion of facts when used for emphasis, even unrelated distant facts. In the context of this community, approving of such behavior seems disrespectful to Armstrong's memory. (See also this post on Overcoming Bias.)