wedrifid comments on The Proper Use of Doubt - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Nndaia 04 October 2009 11:17:43AM 4 points [-]

Questions have no value at all if you're not actively seeking answers.

Comment author: wedrifid 04 October 2009 12:03:39PM 3 points [-]

And an unfortunate amount of philosophy seems to be seeking ways to put questions such that the answers are hard to find and the questioner seems wise. A symptom of this is if the philosopher is offended by having someone give a straight answer the questions they pose rather than acknowledge a paradox.