People who provide evidence for these things just end up starting long, pointless diatribes.
Aris Katsaris made a big deal about a comment by Eliezer Yudkowsky that I forgot about. His accusation that I deliberately ignored the comment made no sense at all, because I was the one who spread the new comment, in which he uttered a similar opinion. If I was interested in hiding that opinion then I would not have told other people about the new one as well, a comment made in an obscure subreddit.
And if we are talking about people forgetting something. Eliezer Yudkowsky even forgot that he deleted the post that gave him so much pain.
Just in repeating a claim that you literally cannot back up.
Really this is the universe extending you the Crackpot Offer: accuse someone of “lies and slander”, and when called on it, just keep repeating the claim. This is what actual cranks do.
This seems to imply that even if I do back up this statement with links and argument and such, you’ll just ignore it and disengage. That’s not a lot of incentive for me to get involved.
People who provide evidence for these things just end up starting long, pointless diatribes. I’m not interested in that kind of time commitment.
Aris Katsaris made a big deal about a comment by Eliezer Yudkowsky that I forgot about. His accusation that I deliberately ignored the comment made no sense at all, because I was the one who spread the new comment, in which he uttered a similar opinion. If I was interested in hiding that opinion then I would not have told other people about the new one as well, a comment made in an obscure subreddit.
And if we are talking about people forgetting something. Eliezer Yudkowsky even forgot that he deleted the post that gave him so much pain.
Maybe it was a bit more complicated?
Just in repeating a claim that you literally cannot back up.
Really this is the universe extending you the Crackpot Offer: accuse someone of “lies and slander”, and when called on it, just keep repeating the claim. This is what actual cranks do.
Oh, now I remember our last meeting.
This seems to imply that even if I do back up this statement with links and argument and such, you’ll just ignore it and disengage. That’s not a lot of incentive for me to get involved.