wedrifid comments on Link: "You're Not Being Reasonable" - Less Wrong

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Comment author: wedrifid 18 September 2010 07:04:21AM *  0 points [-]

In addition, reasonable people take the time to find out why their arguments are rejected, and in the future either use a different argument or at least address the identified deficiency.

Sometimes the deficiency that needs to identified is the intellectual capability of the people with whom you are arguing. You can be addressed that problem by speaking to different people or choosing a different subject. This isn't 'reasonable' but it is certainly practical and rational. Being reasonable is overrated.