Testing the limits of LessWrong’s tolerance. I was curious under what circumstances I could get away with language.
Trying to alter the motivational state of the commenter by pointing out that they were being rude and hypocritical. I think the root of the problem is that there’s no real incentive for the commenter to change their beliefs, because they didn’t seem to be thinking through what I was saying. I also wanted it to be memorable, so that they might think back to this at a later point in time when they’re more amenable to the kind of arguments I’ve been making.
Also: I think there are times when LessWrong does need greater epistemic tolerance and that the commenter was making it harder for those times to happen. I was trying to signal that I support pragmatism now, so that I would be more likely to be trusted while arguing for epistemic tolerance in other situations.
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Testing the limits of LessWrong’s tolerance. I was curious under what circumstances I could get away with language.
Trying to alter the motivational state of the commenter by pointing out that they were being rude and hypocritical. I think the root of the problem is that there’s no real incentive for the commenter to change their beliefs, because they didn’t seem to be thinking through what I was saying. I also wanted it to be memorable, so that they might think back to this at a later point in time when they’re more amenable to the kind of arguments I’ve been making.
Also: I think there are times when LessWrong does need greater epistemic tolerance and that the commenter was making it harder for those times to happen. I was trying to signal that I support pragmatism now, so that I would be more likely to be trusted while arguing for epistemic tolerance in other situations.