JonahSinick comments on Is Scott Alexander bad at math? - LessWrong

31 Post author: JonahSinick 04 May 2015 05:11AM

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Comment author: JonahSinick 06 May 2015 03:50:59PM 4 points [-]

Thanks, this is helpful.

I wasn't talking about people's responses to my posts specifically: I've had the same reaction to people's comments on other people's as well – I don't see a difference on that front.

My intuitive response has been "these people are just belligerent nitpickers who care more about arguing than about overcoming bias!" and so it's useful to have more charitable possible explanations in mind.