Vladimir_Nesov comments on Morality is Awesome - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Vladimir_Nesov 06 January 2013 02:03:59PM *  1 point [-]

Meanwhile, if you're trying to use the question to gauge the moral compass of the answering person ...

I think that using factual beliefs to signal something other than knowledge about the world is a bad idea. It encourages lying to yourself and others.

Comment author: [deleted] 08 January 2013 07:24:25PM *  2 points [-]

Still, in questions which have one correct answer (e.g. “Which is bigger, the earth or the sun” or “STALE is to STEAL as 89475 is to...”), I only mark the correct answer and “I don't know” (if it's there) as acceptable, and I mark the question as “Mandatory” if the “I don't know” answer is available. It's OK to be ignorant, but it's not OK to not admit it.