You're looking at Less Wrong's discussion board. This includes all posts, including those that haven't been promoted to the front page yet. For more information, see About Less Wrong.

RichardKennaway comments on [LINK] Why I'm not on the Rationalist Masterlist - Less Wrong Discussion

21 Post author: Apprentice 06 January 2014 12:16AM

You are viewing a comment permalink. View the original post to see all comments and the full post content.

Comments (866)

You are viewing a single comment's thread. Show more comments above.

Comment author: RichardKennaway 19 January 2014 10:08:12AM 5 points [-]

Apophemi turns that on its head. The rhetorical figure involves mentioning a thing in the act of avowing not to speak of it. Apophemi refrains from naming their matter, while speaking of it at great length.