DaFranker comments on Natural Laws Are Descriptions, not Rules - Less Wrong

32 Post author: pragmatist 08 August 2012 04:27AM

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Comment author: OrphanWilde 07 August 2012 03:13:17PM 0 points [-]

See, I read that quote, and come to a completely different conclusion: You -should- ask questions.

But then, I think good questions are more valuable, and harder to come by, than good answers. Everybody has answers. Questions are where interesting things happen.

Comment author: [deleted] 07 August 2012 04:04:58PM 3 points [-]

I may have been unclear. The quote "arguments end where questions begin" addresses the use of rhetorical questions as a substitute for building an argument or the use of rhetorical questions as a way to change the subject. The quote does not address questions in general. We are in agreement that questions in general are good.