But are your posts trying to sketch out accurate models of how the world works? (in addition to trying to be interesting)?
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that question does not compute for me at all. Feels like a category error.
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I bet many readers misunderstand that (e.g. in the FB thread, some argued your statements were meant to have truth value)
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I'm not saying they don't or that I set out lie or confuse or troll. Truth just isn't a special concern above others.
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Right, but I think many readers would've predicted your answer to my truth value question would be "yes" not "category error"
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I'm fine with that. Religious people tend to project so that can't be helped.
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Well, one way it can be helped (if you want) is to simply tell people what you told me in this thread
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I honestly don't think it makes a difference. If concern for truth is a strong attractor in cognition of a person...
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...then refactoring will work poorly on them no matter what I say or what they understand of my motives.
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OK well, I'd say "I get it," but maybe in your model that means I don't get it and also that "models" are category errors :)
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let's just say that in my exp, strong rationalists get little out of my writing at least. Other rf'ers may do better
they tend to like those of my posts I'm least happy with, and entirely miss point of the ones I feel work really well
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