greatiscones

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   by greatiscones 4y ago

   That's how I feel about a very similar situation. A corollary I think for me was that for many of the same reasons I didn't recognize the problems -- or maybe because I didn't recognize the problems -- others really couldn&
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   by greatiscones 4y ago

   Every so often essays posted to HN really hit home and this is one of those times. I feel like this topic has been central to a lot of frustrations I've had in recent years. A lot of the discussion here seems to be focused on individua
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   by greatiscones 4y ago

   I agree with you that the exercise example is a little soft, but my sense is it was meant to be one of many, and you might inadvertently be supporting their argument a bit. There's probably some term for this phenomenon in formal logic