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VoiceOfRa comments on List of Fully General Counterarguments - Less Wrong Discussion

9 Post author: Gunnar_Zarncke 18 July 2015 09:49PM

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Comment author: James_Miller 19 July 2015 09:06:44PM 0 points [-]

Donald Trump used a FGC when interviewed today to get out of a trap. I don't recall what he said verbatim but it went something like this:

Reporter: "Have you ever said something you regret?" Trump: "Of course." Reporter: "What was it?" Trump: "Now isn't the time to discuss it."

Comment author: VoiceOfRa 20 July 2015 05:39:24AM 4 points [-]

Well, that's a rather elegant way to get out of the trap, and the reporter wasn't exactly practicing good epistemic hygiene himself.