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NancyLebovitz comments on [Link] Salon piece analyzing Donald Trump's appeal using rationality - Less Wrong Discussion

-13 Post author: Gleb_Tsipursky 24 April 2016 04:36AM

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Comment author: NancyLebovitz 24 April 2016 06:58:48PM 0 points [-]

Do you think Salon would publish a piece about how to check on what you read?

Comment author: Furcas 26 April 2016 03:04:13PM 0 points [-]

Do you already have something written on the subject? I'd like to read it.

Comment author: NancyLebovitz 26 April 2016 04:58:12PM 0 points [-]

No. It would probably be worth doing but difficult, since evaluating truth or at least plausibility depends on a complex web of assumptions.

Comment author: James_Miller 24 April 2016 08:09:19PM 0 points [-]

Yes if you could fit it into some kind of social justice narrative such as how to decode if the author is a secret racist.

Comment author: Gleb_Tsipursky 24 April 2016 08:36:27PM 0 points [-]

While James' answer was somewhat cynical, I suspect he's not far from the mark. If it fits into a liberal narrative, and pushes the right emotional buttons, they might publish it.