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147 Post author: Yvain 13 September 2010 09:36PM

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Comment author: ata 14 September 2010 12:41:31AM *  2 points [-]

Thus Eliezer's title for this mentality, "Pretending To Be Wise".

Have we broadened that term to refer to... well, lowercase pretending-to-be-wise in general? In the original post, he used it specifically to refer to those who try to signal wisdom by neutrality. (Though I did notice he used it in the broader sense in HPMoR. Is it thus officially redefined?)

Comment author: Yvain 14 September 2010 07:14:31PM 0 points [-]

Yeah, I was thinking of the HPatMOR usage. It's a good phrase, and it would be a shame not to use it.