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gjm comments on Open thread, Sept. 29 - Oct.5, 2014 - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: gjm 30 September 2014 04:28:05PM 3 points [-]

(Whoever downvoted the parent: Consider whether your goals would have been better served by downvoting Punoxysm's original question about "Socratic Judo", rather than this which looks to me like a pretty clear explanation of what s/he means by that term.)

To me, the immediately obvious answer to B's last point is "Huh? Whatever makes you think I agree with that?" and I wouldn't have thought that's a very unusual response. But I'm sure it can be done more subtly.