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Qiaochu_Yuan comments on How to offend a rationalist (who hasn't thought about it yet): a life lesson - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: Qiaochu_Yuan 08 February 2013 07:08:21PM 1 point [-]

I read the second party's statement as meaning something like "no, logical rigor is out of place in this subject, and that's how it should be."

See this comment for a steelmanning of what I think the friend's point of view is.