Gabriel comments on Rationality Quotes: December 2010 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Gabriel 04 December 2010 03:43:46AM 2 points [-]

If theorists invent some method that they think is good, but which has already been rejected by practitioners, then I would guess that the theorists have a wrong notion of "good," and they should update their theory on the evidence.

Practitioners can reject an idea for wrong reasons -- for example, because it seems weird and runs contrary to how things were always done.