fubarobfusco comments on The noncentral fallacy - the worst argument in the world? - LessWrong

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Comment author: fubarobfusco 27 August 2012 09:39:40PM *  10 points [-]

Normal people define "true" as "good enough; not worth looking at too closely". Nerds define "true" as "irrefutable even by the highest-level nerd you are likely to encounter in this context." Hence more or less all of Western philosophy, theology, science, etc.; and hence normal people's acceptance that contradictory things can be "true" at the same time.

(Yes, I'm problematizing your contrast between various groups you dislike and "normal people".)

Comment author: folkTheory 28 August 2012 07:50:28AM *  9 points [-]

and hence normal people's acceptance that nerd-contradictory things can be normal-"true" at the same time.

Namespaced that for you.

Comment author: SilasBarta 08 September 2012 09:43:52PM 2 points [-]

People need to do that more often!

Comment author: DaFranker 29 August 2012 03:01:40AM 0 points [-]

Thank you. That saved me a second (and perhaps third) read; the sentence had me confused.