Matt_Simpson comments on Open Thread: April 2010 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Matt_Simpson 03 April 2010 09:58:29PM *  0 points [-]

So you think that the best response is to do nothing about the fight. Perhaps, but setting up the experiment didn't take that much effort. What was Harry's opportunity cost here? Is it that high?

Comment author: Vladimir_Nesov 03 April 2010 10:13:11PM *  0 points [-]

It's not completely out of the question that it was a fine rhetorical effort (though it's not particularly plausible), but it's still not concerned with finding out the truth, which was presented as the goal.

Comment author: Matt_Simpson 03 April 2010 10:33:26PM 1 point [-]

There seemed to be two goals to me - finding the truth and stopping the fight. I'll have to reread that section later.