Oscar_Cunningham comments on Criteria for Rational Political Conversation - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Oscar_Cunningham 26 August 2010 04:15:01PM 2 points [-]

This post was long and winding, and didn't seem to deliver much. This might just be because I was tired. Either way it certainly didn't deliver on either of its titles.

Comment author: woozle 26 August 2010 06:12:47PM *  0 points [-]

My main conclusions are, oddly, enough, in the final section:

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I propose that the key elements of a rational conversation are (where "you" refers collectively to all participants):

  • 1)you must use only documented reasoning processes: [1.1] using the best known process(es) for a given class of problem [1.2] stating clearly which particular process(es) you use [1.3] documenting any new processes you use
  • 2) making every reasonable effort to verify that: [2.1] your inputs are reasonably accurate, and [2.2] there are no other reasoning processes which might be better suited to this class of problem, and [2.3] there are no significant flaws in in your application of the reasoning processes you are using, and [2.4] there are no significant inputs you are ignoring ... So... can we agree on this? [/paste]

P.S. The list refuses to format nicely in comment mode; I did what I could.

Comment author: Oscar_Cunningham 27 August 2010 07:53:57AM 0 points [-]

I much prefer the new version.

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