thomblake comments on Causes of disagreements - Less Wrong

24 Post author: JustinShovelain 16 July 2009 09:51PM

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Comment author: HalFinney 19 July 2009 10:37:48PM 0 points [-]

Right, but realistically most of the time people start with the assumption that they are right. Also consider that probably more than 50% of people think they're smarter than average, and probably the better advice is to start off most disagreements assuming you're wrong!

Comment author: thomblake 19 July 2009 10:56:06PM 1 point [-]

probably more than 50% of people think they're smarter than average

And most of the people around here are right!