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ChristianKl comments on Open thread, Jul. 11 - Jul. 17, 2016 - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: ChristianKl 15 July 2016 08:44:23PM *  1 point [-]

That does not mean you are making "excuses in advance".

What empiric standard would you use to classify things as making excuses in advance?

Comment author: Jiro 16 July 2016 06:36:53AM 0 points [-]

I don't know, but I'm pretty sure that "I can respond to any claim he's likely to make" isn't it. I'm not sure there is such a thing at all, short of having your idea be outright unfalsifiable.

Comment author: ChristianKl 16 July 2016 05:24:53PM 1 point [-]

It seems like there something that the OP means with "making excuses in advance". It might not what you think would be rightly called "making excuses in advance".

I don't think that category exists in a way where it can be successfully used to distinguish people who have anticipations and are identified with a belief from people who are just identified with it.