Vladimir_Nesov comments on Fight Zero-Sum Bias - Less Wrong

25 Post author: multifoliaterose 18 July 2010 05:57AM

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Comment author: Vladimir_Nesov 20 July 2010 06:37:35AM *  13 points [-]

An argument between you and me over your thesis would not end in two winners.

It should. When two people disagree, something is amiss, and when the truth is more clearly discovered, both learn something, maybe a little bit for the person who was right, much more for the person who was wrong. And the only way to discover that you are the person who was wrong, the person who would benefit the most, is to make yourself perceptive to good argument.

Comment author: WrongBot 20 July 2010 03:45:41PM 0 points [-]

This is incredibly well-stated; could we get this or something like it added to the welcome post?