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Kawoomba comments on How could one (and should one) convert someone from pseudoscience? - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: Kawoomba 05 October 2015 04:04:21PM 1 point [-]

Hey! Hey. He. Careful there, a propos word inflation. It strikes with a force of no more than one thousand atom bombs.

Are you really arguing for keeping ideologically incorrect people barefoot and pregnant, lest they harm themselves with any tools they might acquire?

Sounds as good a reason as any!

maybe we should shut down LW

I'm not sure how much it counts, but I bet Chief Ramsay would've shut it down long ago. Betting is good, I've learned.

Comment author: Lumifer 05 October 2015 04:17:04PM 1 point [-]

Betting is good, I've learned.

Extremely dangerous stuff, that...

But if betting is good, pre-commitment and co-operation are the best! X-)