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Comment author: Luke_A_Somers 12 May 2015 12:19:38AM 0 points [-]

Well...

QM: Having strong positive beliefs on the subject would be not-even-wrong. Ruling out some is much less so. And that's what he did. Note, I came to the same conclusion long before.

MIRI: It's not uncritically accepted on LW more than you'd expect given who runs the joint.

Identity: If you're not letting it trap you by thinking it makes you right, if you're not letting it trap you by thinking it makes others wrong, then what dangers are you thinking of? People will get identities. This particular one seems well-suited to mitigating the dangers of identities.

Others: more clarification required