pnrjulius comments on A Rational Argument - Less Wrong

39 Post author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 02 October 2007 06:35PM

You are viewing a comment permalink. View the original post to see all comments and the full post content.

Comments (40)

Sort By: Old

You are viewing a single comment's thread. Show more comments above.

Comment author: pnrjulius 09 June 2012 12:23:54AM -1 points [-]

The argument could turn out valid, by coincidence; but the process of making it isn't valid, so given the vast space of all possible arguments... it's probably not valid. Indeed, as nearly all advertising, propaganda, political campaigns, etc. are not.