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Scott Alexander

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I have a place where I say complicated things about philosophy and science. That place is my blog. This is where I make terrible puns.

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    Scott Alexander‏ @slatestarcodex 6 Jun 2014
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    How do you discuss meta-level issues when w/o concrete example, no one understands, but w/ example, ppl only discuss object-level example?

    7:08 PM - 6 Jun 2014
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      2. J. Kenji López-Main‏ @GKBesterfriend 12 Jun 2014
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        @slatestarcodex Welcome to arguing about the Trinity and the limits of analogy it tends to produce.

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      3. Scott Alexander‏ @slatestarcodex 12 Jun 2014
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        @KarmaKaiser GOD CAN'T BE ICE BECAUSE WHY DOESN'T HE MELT? CHECKMATE, TRINITARIANS.

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      1. St. Rev  ☯️ 🏴 😻‏ @St_Rev 9 Jun 2014
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        @slatestarcodex @simplic10 Present three distinct examples that have the meta-issue in common. Seriously, that's how you do it.

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      1. the normie whisperer‏ @simplic10 9 Jun 2014
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        @slatestarcodex breed new species

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      1. orthonormal‏ @renormalized 6 Jun 2014
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        @slatestarcodex Pick an old object-level example that history has rendered, not merely settled, but boring or silly.

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      1. gattsuru‏ @gattsuru 7 Jun 2014
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        @slatestarcodex Reify to specific fictional example, or one with no real-world equal. There are /no/ real-world examples uncontroversial.

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      1. St. Rev  ☯️ 🏴 😻‏ @St_Rev 9 Jun 2014
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        @GabrielDuquette @slatestarcodex @simplic10 That improves belief but not understanding.

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      2. Ben Hoffman‏ @ben_r_hoffman 6 Jun 2014
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        @slatestarcodex Find better people, or fewer. Maybe require synchorous communication; I'd participate in a small-group vlog on this.

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      3. Ben Hoffman‏ @ben_r_hoffman 6 Jun 2014
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        .@slatestarcodex Pick something less contentious than a fraught politicized issue like "Families: Good or Bad?".

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      1. Taymon A. Beal‏ @TaymonBeal 6 Jun 2014
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        @slatestarcodex Multiple concrete examples? Not that this would have worked for your Asch story.

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