Emile comments on Why some people seem to be proud of their ignorance? - Less Wrong
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Then in that case it's not just a different prior I'd need, it's the "host of other reasons", and more specifically, strong reasons among those.
I agree that there's an important distinction between "argument A can be ignored because there are much stronger arguments for the same position" (roughly my position) and "argument A can ignored because there are many more arguments for the same position("arguments are soldiers", leads to the problem you describe).
My purpose is to mostly avoid long debates that won't change either side's mind anyway even if one convinces the other on that particular issue (like "does Barack Obama pick his nose?").