Don’t be mean: she began with the postulate that intelligence is inexplicable because firstly, she cannot explain it, and secondly, most purported competent professionals in psychology and philosophy of mind cannot explain it, either.
Possible, but I don’t think so. At least not literally, when “began” is taken chronologically. She came from a religious family, and was inculcated with a need for God long before she had any curiosity about intelligence.
Are you aware of the irony of you telling me not to be mean? I also found a comment by you on another website castigating someone for being condescending. You should make some token attempt to follow the behavior that you demand of others.
“Tu quoque” means claiming that an assertion is false because the person making the assertion doesn’t believe the assertion. In this case, for me to be making a Tu quoque fallacy, I would have to be arguing that one should be mean on LessWrong.
Are you aware of the irony of you telling me not to be mean?
Ah, but this is LessWrong: irony and manners are both disabled as a matter of cultural norm here, the better to emulate the cold, heartless robots we admire so deeply.
Possible, but I don’t think so. At least not literally, when “began” is taken chronologically. She came from a religious family, and was inculcated with a need for God long before she had any curiosity about intelligence.
Are you aware of the irony of you telling me not to be mean? I also found a comment by you on another website castigating someone for being condescending. You should make some token attempt to follow the behavior that you demand of others.
Tu quoque has always been my preferred way of making friends.
“Tu quoque” means claiming that an assertion is false because the person making the assertion doesn’t believe the assertion. In this case, for me to be making a Tu quoque fallacy, I would have to be arguing that one should be mean on LessWrong.
Ah, but this is LessWrong: irony and manners are both disabled as a matter of cultural norm here, the better to emulate the cold, heartless robots we admire so deeply.