gwern comments on 2011 Survey Results - Less Wrong

94 Post author: Yvain 05 December 2011 10:49AM

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Comment author: gwern 11 December 2011 10:53:24PM 0 points [-]

The downside is, of course, that writing beliefs down may make their holders even more entrenched.

Entirely plausible - cognitive dissonance, public commitment, backfire effect, etc. Do you think this possibility negates the value, or are there effective counter-measures?

Comment author: prase 11 December 2011 10:59:36PM 0 points [-]

I don't think I have an idea how strong all relevant effects and measures are.