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ZoltanBerrigomo comments on There is no such thing as strength: a parody - Less Wrong Discussion

25 Post author: ZoltanBerrigomo 05 July 2015 11:44PM

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Comment author: gjm 07 July 2015 11:38:39PM 1 point [-]

I completely agree: the fact that something isn't simple and one-dimensional and perfectly unambiguous doesn't make it completely unreal or completely useless. So, for the avoidance of doubt, if anyone says "intelligence is multidimensional and hard to measure and culturally loaded; therefore there is no such thing as intelligence" and means the Stupidest Possible Thing by that last bit rather than something subtler, then I think they're wrong.

Incidentally, so far I think everything I have posted in this discussion has been downvoted exactly twice. I guess one is Eugine/Azathoth/VoiceOfRa; would anyone like to lay claim to the second lot? I'm curious in particular, about whether there's any information in the downvotes beyond what I already have from Zoltan's disagreement with me plus the fact that, duh, I'm posting non-neoreactionary opinions in a discussion of race and intelligence, so of course VoiceOfRa is going to downvote me. So: if you're reading this and downvoted me for a reason other than seeing me as a sociopolitical enemy, you can probably improve the effectiveness of your downvote by telling me why you gave it. Thank you.

Comment author: ZoltanBerrigomo 08 July 2015 02:32:55AM 1 point [-]

For what its worth, I have not downvoted any of your posts. Although we seem to be on opposite sides of this debate, I appreciate the thoughtful disagreement my post has received..

Comment author: gjm 08 July 2015 09:34:35AM -2 points [-]

And for what it's worth, I thought you probably hadn't. (Indiscriminate downvoting doesn't tend to go hand in hand with reasoned and reasonable disagreement.)