simpleton comments on If reason told you to jump off a cliff, would you do it? - Less Wrong

-12 Post author: Shalmanese 21 December 2009 03:54AM

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Comment author: simpleton 21 December 2009 07:04:32AM 4 points [-]

Yes.

The things Shalmanese is labeling "reason" and "evidence" seem to closely correspond to what have been previously been called the inside view and outside view, respectively (both of which are modes of reasoning, under the more common definition).

Comment author: RobinHanson 21 December 2009 05:30:59PM 4 points [-]

Yes, that was going to be my comment. The outside view also uses "reason" but with wider and shallower chains of reasoning. The inside view is more fragile, requiring more assumptions and longer chains of reasoning.

Comment author: cousin_it 22 December 2009 02:59:18PM 0 points [-]

Thanks for that comment, it made something click for me.