Comment on Open Thread: April 2010, Part 2

Thu, 08 Apr 2010 17:04:05 GMT

I'm also interested in hearing other peoples tricks, but I'll share mine.

The first thing I'd do is to check LW to see if I got lucky (google "spanking kids site:lesswrong.com" for example)

I don't really have any good tricks for finding good sources, but you might want to try adding some related technical words in your search to filter your results towards smarter people.

Once I find a source, the main thing I look for is "does this person understand the opposing arguments?". If they say something that suggests that they don't understand the idea that different forms of dis-utility might be interchangeable, or if they ever take the "it's bad because it's wrong!" stance, then I'll move on.

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