XiXiDu comments on Transparency and Accountability - Less Wrong

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Comment author: XiXiDu 22 August 2010 12:05:11PM *  4 points [-]

Interesting! Levels of epistemic accuracy:

So while telling the truth is maximally accurate relative to your epistemic state, concealment is deception by misguidance which is worse than the purest form of deception that is lying (falsehood). Bullshit however is not even wrong.

I don't see how devil's advocacy fits into this as I perceive it to be a temporary adjustment of someones mental angel to look back at one's own position from a different point of view.