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Protagoras comments on [Poll] Less Wrong and Mainstream Philosophy: How Different are We? - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: Protagoras 26 September 2012 04:47:57PM *  53 points [-]

One respect in which Less Wrongers resemble mainstream philosophers is that many mainstream philosophers disparage mainstream philosophers and emphasize the divergence between their beliefs and those of rival mainstream philosophers. Indeed, that is something of a tradition in Western philosophy.