Eugine_Nier comments on Rationality Quotes January 2014 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: shminux 07 January 2014 07:12:12PM 8 points [-]

Influenced by this forum, I repeatedly tried to read up on basic philosophy over the last couple of years, only to recoil in disgust every time, after realizing that the "experts" keep discussing big ideas, big questions and so on without ever properly defining what the hell they are talking about to begin with. No wonder they then disagree on premises and conclusions.

Comment author: Eugine_Nier 12 January 2014 08:54:38PM 0 points [-]

That's because finding the correct definitions of concepts is a big part of the problem.

Comment author: shminux 12 January 2014 11:01:13PM 1 point [-]

Absolutely. and those learned scientists should understand as much.