Lumifer comments on Open Thread, Apr. 20 - Apr. 26, 2015 - Less Wrong Discussion
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You added a lot of assumptions.
Let me rephrase the example to sharpen the point:
You're walking down the street when an unknown woman approaches you. She looks at you carefully and says "I'm a doctor and you are ill. The illness is fatal unless you immediately go a hospital and have operation/treatment X. If you don't do this, you will die." Then she turns around and walks away.
Did she just threaten you?