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Comment author: RichardKennaway 21 November 2014 09:54:08AM *  0 points [-]

that status-regulation-blind thing Eliezer often has going on.

Maybe he should have it going on, and damn the consequences. Sometimes you have to get up and say, these are the facts, you are wrong. Not the vapid temporising recommended by thakil.

Comment author: FiftyTwo 21 November 2014 11:29:27AM 5 points [-]

If it decreases the number of people who take you seriously and therefore learn bout the substance of your ideas its a bad strategy

Comment author: RichardKennaway 21 November 2014 02:00:49PM 0 points [-]

If it decreases the number of people who take you seriously and therefore learn bout the substance of your ideas its a bad strategy

And if it increases the number of people who take you seriously, and therefore learn about the substance of your ideas, it's a good strategy. I'm sure we can all agree that if something were bad, it would be bad, and if it were good, it would be good. Your point?

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