"I do not believe it, because I cannot argue effectively for it." -- how do you know until you honestly try?
I think EY has better reasons than this, the most obvious being: Humans are all stupid in so many blatantly obvious ways, how could it not be possible to do better?
I think EY has better reasons than this
Maybe, but this is the one he gives.
Today's post, Against Devil's Advocacy was originally published on 09 June 2008. A summary (taken from the LW wiki):
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