orbenn comments on Rationality Quotes: April 2011 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: orbenn 12 April 2011 12:39:48AM 1 point [-]

If being statistical and probabilistic settles oft-discussed intellectual debates so thoroughly as dampen further discussion, that's a great thing!

The goal is to get correct answers and move on to the unanswered, unsettled questions that are preventing progress; the goal is to NOT allow a debate to go any longer than necessary, especially--as Nisan mentioned--if the debate is not sane/intelligent.