nerzhin comments on Levels of communication - Less Wrong

52 Post author: Kaj_Sotala 23 March 2010 09:32PM

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Comment author: nerzhin 25 March 2010 09:25:31PM 6 points [-]

What do you mean "win"?

If you have a conversation with someone, during which you discover a previously held belief you had was wrong, and revise your belief, have you "lost"?

Comment author: Kevin 26 March 2010 06:54:08AM 1 point [-]

I was being overly dramatic with the win/lose terminology. In those I have conversed with , I have caused a change in belief of greater magnitude than the typical belief change resulting from another philosophical or political debate, but not a true "win", where I cause someone's beliefs to update in agreement with my own.