It was in the post for asking Eliezer Questions for his video interview.
Nope, can’t find my comments on this topic there.
It is one thing to use an idiosyncratic terminology yourself but quite another to interpret other people’s more standard usages according to your definitions and respond to them as such. The latter is attacking a Straw Man and the fallaciousness of the argument is compounded with the pretentiousness.
I assure you that I’m speaking in good faith. If you see a way in which I’m talking past byrnema, help me to understand.
I don’t doubt that. I probably should consider my words more carefully so I don’t cause offence except when I mean to. Both because it would be better and because it is practical.
Assume I didn’t use the word ‘pretentious’ and instead stated that “when people go about saying people are wrong I expect them to have a higher standard of correctness while doing so than I otherwise would.” If you substituted “your thinking is insane” for “this is wrong” I probably would have upvoted.
Nope, can’t find my comments on this topic there.
I assure you that I’m speaking in good faith. If you see a way in which I’m talking past byrnema, help me to understand.
Is this the thread you’re referring to?
It is, thank you.
Ahh. I was thinking of the less wrong singularity article.
I don’t doubt that. I probably should consider my words more carefully so I don’t cause offence except when I mean to. Both because it would be better and because it is practical.
Assume I didn’t use the word ‘pretentious’ and instead stated that “when people go about saying people are wrong I expect them to have a higher standard of correctness while doing so than I otherwise would.” If you substituted “your thinking is insane” for “this is wrong” I probably would have upvoted.