wedrifid comments on Rationality, Transhumanism, and Mental Health - Less Wrong

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Comment author: wedrifid 17 October 2012 07:06:41AM 1 point [-]

If the problem is "X is hard", then "X is easier if you do Y" is good information, and "Y only improves X-easiness by so much" is no rebuttal.

Yes, it really is a rebuttal and a good one too, for sane values of "so much", "hard" and "Y".