Douglas_Knight comments on Hanson Debating Yudkowsky, Jun 2011 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Douglas_Knight 04 July 2011 02:51:19AM 1 point [-]

Try reading it again for the signs. Moreover, when he says that contrarian positions win, he means that they shift people towards them, not that they win outright. This is probably because most people have never heard actual arguments for the contrarian position.