Re:Qian Xuesen dies at 98; Co-Founder of JPL and China's spa...
by gwern on Saturday December 14, 2013 @09:21PM
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> i take it you've never really sat down and thought through some of your assumptions of the history of ww2 / europe / asia / america. i urge you to do so one day. it can be quite stimulating.
I enjoy your condescension. It reminds me of why on Lesswrong, we say 'politics is the mindkiller'. Here we have a simple situation in which people with foreign ties often become spies and this justifies extra investigation, and people are going berserk and engaged in all sort of motivated reasoning.
> for example, did you know china was an ally in world war 2, while japan was an enemy?
Yes. I have more shocking information for you: Soviet Russia was an ally in WWII too.
I enjoy your condescension. It reminds me of why on Lesswrong, we say 'politics is the mindkiller'. Here we have a simple situation in which people with foreign ties often become spies and this justifies extra investigation, and people are going berserk and engaged in all sort of motivated reasoning.
> for example, did you know china was an ally in world war 2, while japan was an enemy?
Yes. I have more shocking information for you: Soviet Russia was an ally in WWII too.