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Nornagest comments on Open thread, 18-24 August 2014 - Less Wrong Discussion

3 Post author: David_Gerard 18 August 2014 04:55PM

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Comment author: Nornagest 22 August 2014 04:57:23PM *  1 point [-]

My first guess would be "more charitable readings of their work". What's evidence of missing the point in someone you think of as an idiot might be evidence of a creative solution in someone you think of as a genius, and kids' answers are often ambiguous.