Nisan comments on Open Thread, December 1-15, 2012 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Nisan 09 December 2012 04:55:10AM 1 point [-]

Can you give an example of a disagreement?

Comment author: FiftyTwo 09 December 2012 05:05:48AM 1 point [-]

Friend proposes policy A, I think policy A is obviously bad. How do I most efficiently determine whether we have fundamentally different values or believe different facts to be the case?

Comment author: Nisan 09 December 2012 04:57:23PM *  1 point [-]

"I think policy A is bad because it would cause B."
"But policy A wouldn't cause B. Also it would cause C which is good."
"If policy A did turn out to cause B, would A still be good?"