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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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.