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JoshuaZ comments on Open thread, November 2011 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: JoshuaZ 02 November 2011 06:33:57PM 1 point [-]

One thing I do when trying to anticipate possible objections is to simply acknowledge them briefly in a parenthetical and then say something like "but these objections are weak" or "these objections have some validity but suffer from problems. Addressing them in detail would make this post too long."