memoir: memoir reluctance, some 2019 outline clarity

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@@ -1,16 +1,18 @@
 noncontiguous on deck—
 noncontiguous on deck—

-_ reluctance to write a memoir
+X reluctance to write a memoir during 2019

 _ let's recap / being put in a box
 _ if he's reading this
 _ let's recap / being put in a box
 _ if he's reading this

-_ tie off reply to Xu 
+_ tie off reply to Xu
+_ "duly appreciated"

 _ bridge to "Challenges"
 _ bridge to "Challenges"

-_ Christmas party 2019
-_ Anna vs. Michael
-
+_ Christmas party 2019 and state of Church leadership
+_ Anna vs. Michael factional conflict

 
 
 with internet available—
 
 
 with internet available—

+_ "praise Ba'al" language from "Rationalist Blogging"

 _ link simulacrum posts: Zvi (he has a category), Elizabeth, at least one more from Ben
 _ link simulacrum posts: Zvi (he has a category), Elizabeth, at least one more from Ben

+_ more examples of snarky comments about "the rationalists"

 _ Discord logs before Austin retreat
 _ screenshot Rob's Facebook comment which I link
 _ 13th century word meanings
 _ Discord logs before Austin retreat
 _ screenshot Rob's Facebook comment which I link
 _ 13th century word meanings


@@ -1008,6 +1010,7 @@ further post timeline—
 "Maybe Lying Doesn't Exist" Oct 2019
 "Algorithms of Deception!" Oct 2019
 "Firming Up ..." Dec 2019
 "Maybe Lying Doesn't Exist" Oct 2019
 "Algorithms of Deception!" Oct 2019
 "Firming Up ..." Dec 2019

+

 "Darkest Timeline" June 2020
 "Maybe Lying Can't Exist?!" Aug 2020
 "Unnatural Categories" Jan 2021
 "Darkest Timeline" June 2020
 "Maybe Lying Can't Exist?!" Aug 2020
 "Unnatural Categories" Jan 2021


@@ -1061,3 +1064,11 @@ iceman—
 
 https://www.glowfic.com/replies/1853001#reply-1853001
 > Another reason people go to Hell?  Malediction!  An Asmodean priest was using that spell on children too!  Pharasma apparently doesn't give a shit!  At best, it might be a negative weight in Her utility function that She traded to the ancient gods of Evil for something else that She wanted.  A tradeable medium-sized negative utility is not the same as Her _really giving a shit_.
 
 https://www.glowfic.com/replies/1853001#reply-1853001
 > Another reason people go to Hell?  Malediction!  An Asmodean priest was using that spell on children too!  Pharasma apparently doesn't give a shit!  At best, it might be a negative weight in Her utility function that She traded to the ancient gods of Evil for something else that She wanted.  A tradeable medium-sized negative utility is not the same as Her _really giving a shit_.

+
+
+I furthermore claim that the following disjunction is true:
+
+> Either the quoted excerpt is a blatant lie on Scott's part because there are rules of rationality governing conceptual boundaries and Scott absolutely knows it, or
+> You have no grounds to criticize me for calling it a blatant lie, because there's no rule of rationality that says I shouldn't draw the category boundaries of "blatant lie" that way.
+
+there needs to be _some_ way for _someone_ to invest a _finite_ amount of effort to _correct the mistake_