He’s not disrupting anything, and doesn’t seem to be trying to.
He may describe your ideas in ways that you think are incorrect, but so what? You spend a lot of time describing ideas that you disagree with, and I’ll bet the people who actually hold them often disagree with your description.
Caledonian almost always disagrees with you, but treats you no differently than other commenters treat each other. He certainly treats you better than you treat some of your targets.
For example, I’ve never seem him write a little dialog in which a character named “Goofus” espouses exaggerated versions of your ideas.
In this case, Caledonian seems to think that your four criteria are aimed at reconciling the two clashing intuitions and that it’s a mistake to set such a goal. Well, so what? If that’s not what you’re trying to do, you fooled me as well.
To me, Caledonian just seems to have a very different take on the world than you and express it bluntly.
Eliezer, please don’t ban Caledonian.
He’s not disrupting anything, and doesn’t seem to be trying to.
He may describe your ideas in ways that you think are incorrect, but so what? You spend a lot of time describing ideas that you disagree with, and I’ll bet the people who actually hold them often disagree with your description.
Caledonian almost always disagrees with you, but treats you no differently than other commenters treat each other. He certainly treats you better than you treat some of your targets. For example, I’ve never seem him write a little dialog in which a character named “Goofus” espouses exaggerated versions of your ideas.
In this case, Caledonian seems to think that your four criteria are aimed at reconciling the two clashing intuitions and that it’s a mistake to set such a goal. Well, so what? If that’s not what you’re trying to do, you fooled me as well.
To me, Caledonian just seems to have a very different take on the world than you and express it bluntly.