prase comments on Less Wrong Should Confront Wrongness Wherever it Appears - Less Wrong

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Comment author: prase 21 September 2010 06:33:59PM 2 points [-]

Under your definition of importance, agreed. However, for reasons which are clear from the context, I have used the definition of the original post:

By important, I mean topics where inaccurate or confused beliefs would cost lots of utility for readers or for humanity.