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ciphergoth comments on Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality discussion thread, part 27, chapter 98 - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: gjm 31 August 2013 09:23:47PM 3 points [-]

I didn't downvote it but I'd guess that one reason why some people did is that they thought it was rude and would prefer LW to be a more civil place.

(My initial reaction to your question about downvotes was: "Ah, I bet those people didn't notice that the person being so rude was the same as the person whose 'unsteady pile of pattern-matching' they were being so rude about" -- I was very surprised when I checked and found it was just garden-variety rudeness rather than self-deprecation.)

Comment author: ciphergoth 02 September 2013 04:43:08PM 3 points [-]

I think it is self-deprecation, ie it refers to this not this.

Comment author: gjm 02 September 2013 06:32:10PM 2 points [-]

Aha, I think you're right. Score one for my intuitive self-deprecation sensors, then.

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