Vladimir_Nesov comments on The Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Truth About Morality and What To Do About It - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Vladimir_Nesov 11 June 2009 02:02:47PM 2 points [-]

I think it can -- sometimes -- be reasonable to stand by your intuition even if you can't reason it out.

Where do you think technical certainty comes from? How do you know to believe in logic? That's all just highly distilled and reflectively processed forms of gut feeling.