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ChristianKl comments on Open thread, Nov. 24 - Nov. 30, 2014 - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: philh 24 November 2014 11:38:59AM 5 points [-]

An idea I've been toying with in my head, and discussed slightly at LW London yesterday: a sort of Snopes for "has person X professed opinion Y?"

Has Scott Alexander endorsed GamerGate? Did Eric Raymond say that hackers tend to be libertarian (or neoconservative, depending who you ask)? Did Eliezer say the singularity was too close to bother getting a degree?

I'll put further thoughts in replies to this comment.

Comment author: ChristianKl 24 November 2014 02:39:21PM *  3 points [-]

As far as famous/notable people go, skeptics.stackexchange works perfectly well for those questions.

In general however focusing on "he said, she said" is bad. I might argue I wide arrange of positions depending on the context. Sometimes I play devils advocate to make points.

Focusing on actual content instead of focusing on what someone said in a single instance if often better.