I haven’t been able to find any discussion on LW about this.
I discuss this in “Heads I Win, Tails?—Never Heard of Her” (“Reality itself isn’t on anyone’s side, but any particular fact, argument, sign, or portent might just so happen to be more easily construed as “supporting” the Blues or the Greens [...]”).
Richard Dawkins seemed surprised
I suspect Dawkins was motivatedly playing dumb, or “living in the should-universe”. Indignation (e.g., at people motivatedly refusing to follow a simple logical argument because of their political incentives) often manifests itself as expression of incomprehension, but is distinguishable from literal incomprehension (e.g., by asking Dawkins to bet beforehand on what he thinks is going to happen after he Tweets that).
I discuss this in “Heads I Win, Tails?—Never Heard of Her” (“Reality itself isn’t on anyone’s side, but any particular fact, argument, sign, or portent might just so happen to be more easily construed as “supporting” the Blues or the Greens [...]”).
I suspect Dawkins was motivatedly playing dumb, or “living in the should-universe”. Indignation (e.g., at people motivatedly refusing to follow a simple logical argument because of their political incentives) often manifests itself as expression of incomprehension, but is distinguishable from literal incomprehension (e.g., by asking Dawkins to bet beforehand on what he thinks is going to happen after he Tweets that).