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Emile comments on Open Thread, September 23-29, 2013 - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: Emile 25 September 2013 06:15:35AM 5 points [-]

This seems pretty close to a Bulverism: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bulverism

Comment author: JQuinton 25 September 2013 05:15:17PM -1 points [-]

That does seem close to Bulverism. But what I described seem to be happening at a subconscious bias level, where people are somewhat talking past each other due to a sort of hidden assumption of Bulverism.

Comment author: Transfuturist 25 September 2013 11:19:30PM *  -1 points [-]

Then perhaps...

>implying Bulverism