Blueberry comments on Logical Rudeness - Less Wrong

65 Post author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 29 January 2010 06:48AM

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Comment author: Blueberry 29 January 2010 08:35:33PM 2 points [-]

I'm thinking that there's another occasional source of logical rudeness: arguments 'to make people think'.

I'm not sure this is fair. It can be useful to ask someone supporting a theory how that theory would respond to a particular objection, even when you don't agree with the objection. Hearing how someone responds can give you more information about the theory and the person's beliefs, and they may have a response that you hadn't thought of.

Comment author: RobinZ 29 January 2010 09:24:38PM 1 point [-]

That is legitimate explorations of the nature of a belief. What I am referring to is - for example - an atheist deciding to argue that God exists to all comers.