simplicio comments on Rationality Quotes January 2013 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: tut 02 January 2013 09:13:05PM 4 points [-]

Since this has got 22 upvotes I must ask: What makes this a rationality quote?

Comment author: simplicio 02 January 2013 10:02:46PM 6 points [-]

Every actual criticism of an idea/behaviour is likely to imply a much larger quantity of silent doubt/disapproval.

Comment author: Qiaochu_Yuan 02 January 2013 10:20:38PM 7 points [-]

Sometimes, but you need to take into account what P(voices criticism | has criticism) is. Otherwise you'll constantly cave to vocal minorities (situations where the above probability is relatively large).