noncontiguous on deck—
-_ reluctance to write a memoir
+X reluctance to write a memoir during 2019
+_ pinging Ben about memoir reluctance
+_ coping with the consequentialist argument
_ 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"
-_ Christmas party 2019
-_ Anna vs. Michael
+_ Christmas party 2019 and state of Church leadership
+_ Anna vs. Michael factional conflict
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
+_ examples of snarky comments about "the rationalists"
_ Discord logs before Austin retreat
_ screenshot Rob's Facebook comment which I link
_ 13th century word meanings
"Maybe Lying Doesn't Exist" Oct 2019
"Algorithms of Deception!" Oct 2019
"Firming Up ..." Dec 2019
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"Darkest Timeline" June 2020
"Maybe Lying Can't Exist?!" Aug 2020
"Unnatural Categories" Jan 2021
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> 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_.
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+I furthermore claim that the following disjunction is true:
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+> 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.
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+there needs to be _some_ way for _someone_ to invest a _finite_ amount of effort to _correct the mistake_