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24 Post author: ChristianKl 29 July 2013 01:19PM

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Comment author: Kawoomba 30 July 2013 06:27:18AM *  12 points [-]

If idiots do exist, and you have reason to conclude that someone is an idiot, then you shouldn't deny that conclusion -- at least when you subscribe to an epistemic primacy: that forming true beliefs takes precedence over other priorities.

The quote is suspiciously close to being a specific application of "Don't like reality? Pretend it's different!"

Comment author: MugaSofer 31 July 2013 02:57:32PM 1 point [-]

That's ... not quite what "framing" means.