billswift comments on Useful maxims - Less Wrong

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Comment author: RichardKennaway 11 July 2012 08:38:56PM 9 points [-]

The truth might be somewhere completely different.

Comment author: billswift 12 July 2012 06:44:45AM 19 points [-]

The converse, "Just because you are wrong, doesn't mean that I am right", is harder for most people to remember.

Comment author: Dorikka 19 July 2012 10:40:39AM * 2 points [-]

Related, from a past rationality quotes thread:

“Just because you two are arguing, doesn’t mean one of you is right.”

~Maurog (from the XKCD forums, I think)

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