Desrtopa comments on Rationality Quotes: December 2010 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Desrtopa 09 December 2010 01:52:51PM *  1 point [-]
  1. Come to non-traditional conclusions, and share those thoughts publicly... even it it makes you look silly.

If it accomplishes little else, I don't see how this signifies rationality. It shows a lack of understanding of the importance of signaling.

Comment author: David_Gerard 09 December 2010 02:24:43PM *  0 points [-]

You have to stick around to defend them, and (and this is the tricky bit) have people willing to bother arguing them with you. Overcoming Bias appears to have disappeared down the rabbit hole of no feedback, for example. I suspect one needs to keep a close eye on one's awareness of how different one is from the mainstream of thought.