wedrifid comments on Rationality Quotes: October 2009 - Less Wrong

7 Post author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 22 October 2009 04:06PM

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Comment author: wedrifid 23 October 2009 02:43:15AM 0 points [-]

After all, if you never lose an argument, what's more likely: that you are right about everything, that you're the best arguer ever, or that you simply don't argue things you're wrong about?

My first thought was b). What was the intended response?

Comment author: billswift 24 October 2009 04:42:55PM *  2 points [-]

Or that you are right about everything that you believe in strongly enough to argue about.

In other words, avoid believing strongly in the absence of evidence. And don't argue where you don't have the facts on your side.

Comment author: RobinZ 23 October 2009 03:00:52AM 0 points [-]

Presumably, not (a). In both other cases you've managed to not notice you're wrong.