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Comment author: ChristianKl 19 September 2015 10:51:57PM *  1 point [-]

If Gleb wanted to get Salon to publish a standard article on rationality, Salon likely wouldn't simply publish the article. On the other hand Salon is interested in publishing an article analysing Trump with Science_TM.

This seems to me to be nicely illustrated by the folks on LW, including your good self, who seem to find it inconceivable that anyone would write such an article with any purpose other than to attack Team Red.)

I don't believe that the article has a single purpose, so if you are talking about me you are projecting something.

Comment author: gjm 19 September 2015 11:30:46PM -2 points [-]

There are varieties of error other than projection. Anyway: If you acknowledge that Gleb's purpose was to publish an article about bias and rationality and psychology that would get Salon's readers to think about those things and learn a little (I can't tell: do you?) then I am not sure what point you're intending to make here and why you think it needs making.

Comment author: ChristianKl 20 September 2015 11:30:30AM 1 point [-]

Gleb wants to publish an article about bias and rationality.
Salon's readers like to read an article trashing Trump and Salon is happy to produce such an article for them.

Comment author: gjm 20 September 2015 12:58:41PM -1 points [-]

Yeah, sure, very possible. So Gleb has got an article into Salon that uses mindkill-y topics as a hook to get readers thinking and learning about bias and rationality. Which, er, is what he said at the outset was the idea.

But it sounds -- maybe I'm misreading your tone? -- as if you consider that there's a problem here. What is it?

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