Re:Slate Star Codex and Silicon Valley’s War Against the Media
by fzeroracer on Thursday July 09, 2020 @03:12PM
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Yes, and none of those apply in this situation. It's an emotional overreaction, per the dictionary definition. You seem to be letting your bias cloud the actual definition of the word and the context of which the word was used in, followed by irrationally dismissing my argument based on said bias.
Someone can 'overreact when driving' and flip the car on a turn. I regularly over react when playing video games and miss a jump. Companies over react to data and make bad choices.
So not just in a 'clinical definition'. I've given you plenty of examples of over reacting being non-emotional. Even your definition, the one you quote, says that over reactions can be non emotional. An over reaction can be, by the very definition of the word, a reasonable miscalculation of risk/reward without having to imply emotion.
> This would be an emotional reaction to me defining the term overreaction correctly.
Actually, it's quite reasonable that if someone says demonstrably false statements, the next thing they say is put into question. If you choose to see this reasoning as inherently emotional, that's your prerogative, but it seems quite baseless.