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Konkvistador comments on Politics Discussion Thread January 2013 - Less Wrong Discussion

6 Post author: OrphanWilde 02 January 2013 03:31AM

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Comment author: [deleted] 02 January 2013 05:35:37PM 8 points [-]

So, essentially, nobody is deliberately spreading lies, deliberately concealing truths, making up stories about a dragon in the garage, etc

No. On the topic you mentioned they quite obviously are.

Comment author: Alsadius 05 January 2013 10:06:44AM 0 points [-]

For someone who's done as much well-known and controversial stuff in his life as Gould, you're really going to have to narrow it down for me. I'm not sufficiently familiar with this debate to know what you're referring to.

Comment author: [deleted] 05 January 2013 10:30:45AM 3 points [-]

See discussion related to Gould's book Mismeasure of Man in this thread.