At one point in that discussion curi says the following, about me:
and then he was hostile to concepts like keeping track of what points he hadn’t answered or talking about discussion methodology itself. he was also, like many people, hostile to using references.
I’d just like to say, for the record, that that is not an accurate characterization of my opinion or attitudes, and I do not believe it is an accurate characterization of my words either. What is true is that we’d been talking about various Popperish things, and then curi switched to only wanting to talk about my alleged deficiencies in rational conduct and about his “Paths Forward” methodology. I wasn’t interested in discussing those (I’ve no general objection to talking about discussion methodology, but I didn’t want to have that conversation with curi on that occasion) and he wasn’t willing to discuss anything else.
I still have no idea what “hostile to using references” is meant to mean.
Maybe. Though actually I have gone to curi’s website (or, rather, websites; he has several) and read his stuff, when it’s been relevant to our discussions. But, y’know, I didn’t accept Jesus into my life^W^W^W^W the Paths Forward approach, and therefore there’s no point trying to engage with me on anything else.
[EDITED to add:] Am I being snarky? Why, yes, I am being snarky. Because I spent hours attempting to have a productive discussion with this guy, and it turned out that he wasn’t prepared to do that unless he got to set every detail of the terms of discussion. And also because he took all the discussions he’d had on the LW slack and published them online without anyone’s consent (in fact, he asked at least one person “is it OK to post this somewhere else?” and got a negative answer and still did it). For the avoidance of doubt, so far as I know there’s nothing particularly incriminating or embarrassing in any of the stuff he posted, but of course the point is that he doesn’t get to choose what someone else might be unwilling to have posted in a public place.
Though actually I have gone to curi’s website (or, rather, websites; he has several) and read his stuff
So have I, but curi’s understanding of “using references” is a bit more particular than that. Unrolled, it means “your argument has been dealt with by my tens of thousands of words over there [waves hand in the general direction of the website], so we can consider it refuted and now will you please stop struggling and do as I tell you”.
At one point in that discussion curi says the following, about me:
I’d just like to say, for the record, that that is not an accurate characterization of my opinion or attitudes, and I do not believe it is an accurate characterization of my words either. What is true is that we’d been talking about various Popperish things, and then curi switched to only wanting to talk about my alleged deficiencies in rational conduct and about his “Paths Forward” methodology. I wasn’t interested in discussing those (I’ve no general objection to talking about discussion methodology, but I didn’t want to have that conversation with curi on that occasion) and he wasn’t willing to discuss anything else.
I still have no idea what “hostile to using references” is meant to mean.
It means you’re unwilling to go to curi’s website and read all he has written on the topic when he points you there.
Maybe. Though actually I have gone to curi’s website (or, rather, websites; he has several) and read his stuff, when it’s been relevant to our discussions. But, y’know, I didn’t accept Jesus into my life^W^W^W^W the Paths Forward approach, and therefore there’s no point trying to engage with me on anything else.
[EDITED to add:] Am I being snarky? Why, yes, I am being snarky. Because I spent hours attempting to have a productive discussion with this guy, and it turned out that he wasn’t prepared to do that unless he got to set every detail of the terms of discussion. And also because he took all the discussions he’d had on the LW slack and published them online without anyone’s consent (in fact, he asked at least one person “is it OK to post this somewhere else?” and got a negative answer and still did it). For the avoidance of doubt, so far as I know there’s nothing particularly incriminating or embarrassing in any of the stuff he posted, but of course the point is that he doesn’t get to choose what someone else might be unwilling to have posted in a public place.
So have I, but curi’s understanding of “using references” is a bit more particular than that. Unrolled, it means “your argument has been dealt with by my tens of thousands of words over there [waves hand in the general direction of the website], so we can consider it refuted and now will you please stop struggling and do as I tell you”.
Embrace your snark and it will set you free! :-D