almkglor comments on Parallelizing Rationality: How Should Rationalists Think in Groups? - Less Wrong

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Comment author: almkglor 21 December 2012 08:46:05AM *  0 points [-]

I prefer "disputation arena" because "group thinking" is too close to "groupthinking".

Is there a better term for "techniques for discussing things so that lots of thinking people can give their input and get a single coherent set of probabilities for what are the best possible choices for action" other than "disputation arena" or "group thinking technique"?

I do want to be precise, and "disputation arena" sounded kewl, but whatever.

Comment author: gjm 21 December 2012 05:22:32PM 0 points [-]

I don't know of any other term with that meaning. Making one up wouldn't really be any worse than using "disputation arena", I think, because to an excellent first approximation no one knows what "disputation arena" means anyway.