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Luke_A_Somers comments on Why I Am Not a Rationalist, or, why several of my friends warned me that this is a cult - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: Luke_A_Somers 05 September 2014 07:40:45PM 1 point [-]

When you believe ~A and someone says 'You believe A', what else is there? From most generous to least:

  • I misspoke, or I misunderstood your saying something else as saying I believe A.

  • You misheard me, or misspoke when saying that I believe A.

  • You're arguing in bad faith

Note that 'I actually secretly believe A' is not on the list, so it seems to me that Villiam was being as generous as possible.