nyralech comments on Many Weak Arguments vs. One Relatively Strong Argument - Less Wrong

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Comment author: nyralech 07 August 2015 01:32:02PM 0 points [-]

I think that another problem in the context of a debate is with people in often throwing down a lot of arguments. If the weak arguments all come from a single source within a short period of time I tend to discount their arguments (perhaps too much).