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

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Comment author: ciphergoth 31 August 2012 07:56:12PM 6 points [-]

There's definitely a temptation to identify a belief we agree with with its best advocates, and a belief we disagree with with its typical advocates. I definitely see this when people talk about how stupid eg "the left/right" is. I may be encouraging that error...