Alicorn comments on The ideas you're not ready to post - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Alicorn 20 April 2009 03:01:07PM *  2 points [-]

Wouldn't you? You believe everything you believe. If you didn't consider yourself a general expert, why wouldn't you just follow around somebody clever and agree with them whenever they asserted something? And even then, you'd be trusting your expertise on who was clever.

Comment author: gwern 21 April 2009 03:15:24AM 0 points [-]