Vladimir_Nesov comments on The Most Important Thing You Learned - Less Wrong

13 Post author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 27 February 2009 08:15PM

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Comment author: Z_M_Davis 27 February 2009 11:47:37PM 6 points [-]

This is to nominate "The Bottom Line" / "A Rational Argument."

Comment author: Vladimir_Nesov 28 February 2009 12:12:39AM *  3 points [-]

I second this one, also as related to Making Beliefs Pay Rent: what you think and what you present as argument needs to be valid, needs to actually have the strength as evidence that it claims to have. Failure to abide by this principle results in empty or actively stupid thoughts.