komponisto comments on Let Them Debate College Students - Less Wrong

46 Post author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 09 September 2009 06:15PM

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Comment author: komponisto 09 September 2009 10:00:16PM 2 points [-]

Since the scientific community prides itself on its supposition that even the highest-ranked scientist could in principle be proved wrong by a student, one would expect such debates to happen now and then. Otherwise the scientific community isn't living up to its own ethos.

Comment author: SilasBarta 10 September 2009 03:00:51AM *  6 points [-]

Otherwise the scientific community isn't living up to its own ethos.

The scientific community? Not adhering to the standards of science when it might cost members status? Stop the presses![1]

[1] Or invoke whatever procedure is now used to cancel a current ongoing print run of newspapers under modern production methods.