JGWeissman comments on Efficient Charity - Less Wrong

31 Post author: multifoliaterose 04 December 2010 10:27AM

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Comment author: JGWeissman 05 December 2010 09:30:59PM 1 point [-]

This is general background knowledge everybody should have.

I do not consider regional life expectancies, or historical limiting factors on lifespan, to be general background knowledge that everybody has.

The very "trying to convince" approach is highly counterproductive, what we should be trying is finding truth.

Questioning perceived flaws in an argument is a tool of truth seeking, as is strengthening the argument to address those questions. But complaining that the questioner should have strengthened the argument themselves is a status play that serves to discourage questioning.