Spectral_Dragon comments on Rationality Quotes February 2012 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Spectral_Dragon 02 February 2012 11:07:22PM 1 point [-]

True, however if I recall correctly, one of the lessons in The Teacher's Password not everything is about the answer. A lot of the time I gain more from the question than being served the answer directly. We need more insights anyway, so how DO we distinguish fact from ideology? People claim that the earth was created by God in 6 days, and others claim The Big Bang caused the creation of what we know as the universe, but since I haven't discovered either of these on my own, how can I be sure that either is true?

Comment author: ahartell 03 February 2012 01:29:34PM 0 points [-]
  1. By looking at the views of those who have been right about this sort of thing in the past, i.e., physicists.
  2. Given more time, by asking/searching for the evidence that convinced that group.