RichardKennaway comments on Self-Congratulatory Rationalism - Less Wrong

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Comment author: gwern 25 April 2014 06:29:49PM *  -1 points [-]

This is one of the loonier[1] ideas to be found on Overcoming Bias (and that's quite saying something). Exercise for the reader: test this idea that sharing opinions screens off the usefulness of sharing evidence with the following real-world scenario. I have participated in this scenario several times and know what the correct answer is.

Verbal abuse is not a productive response to the results of an abstract model. Extended imaginary scenarios are not a productive response either. Neither explains why the proofs are wrong or inapplicable, or if inapplicable, why they do not serve useful intellectual purposes such as proving some other claim by contradiction or serving as an ideal to aspire to. Please try to do better.

Comment author: RichardKennaway 25 April 2014 08:01:00PM 1 point [-]

This is one of the loonier[1] ideas to be found on Overcoming Bias (and that's quite saying something).

That was excessive, and I now regret having said it.