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Konkvistador comments on The Problem With Rational Wiki - Less Wrong Discussion

20 [deleted] 26 October 2012 11:31AM

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Comment author: [deleted] 26 October 2012 05:33:39PM 4 points [-]

It feels more like combustibles for a fireworks display.

That is a good alternative interpretation. But I don't think most of its readers treat it that way.

Comment author: [deleted] 27 October 2012 01:12:21AM 3 points [-]

I do. In certain places I couldn't pretend to believe they're trying to be serious even if I tried.

Comment author: ewang 27 October 2012 04:26:08AM 3 points [-]

When I come across a pseudoscience I haven't seen before, I usually go to Google first to check its position with regard to reality.

Then I go to its RationalWiki article for entertainment. This is essential if I don't want to spend the rest of the day fuming at how many people "actually believe in that stuff".