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10 Post author: calef 01 September 2015 03:13AM

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Comment author: calef 01 September 2015 04:14:30AM 2 points [-]

I suspect how reader's respond to my anecdote about Eliezer will fall along party lines, so to speak.

Which is kind of the point of the whole post. How one responds to the criticism shouldn't be a function of one's loyalty to Eliezer. Especially when su3su2u1 explicitly isn't just "making up most of" his criticism. Yes, his series of review-posts are snarky, but he does point out legitimate science errors. That he chooses to enjoy HPMOR via (c) rather than (a) shouldn't have any bearing on the true-or-false-ness of his criticism.

I've read su3su2u1's reviews. I agree with them. I also really enjoyed HPMOR. This doesn't actually require cognitive dissonance.

(I do agree, though, that snarkiness isn't really useful in trying to get people to listen to criticism, and often just backfires)

Comment author: Pfft 01 September 2015 06:03:57PM *  0 points [-]

I'm not sure he actually enjoyed it (e.g. 1, 2), be it through fault-finding or otherwise...