Richard_Hollerith comments on No One Can Exempt You From Rationality's Laws - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Richard_Hollerith 10 October 2007 05:46:29PM 0 points [-]

Vassar, I think I get what you are trying to tell me: the agreement theorem says that if everyone were a perfect Bayesian reasoner (and a few other conditions hold) then everyone would be in perfect agreement. But surely no one believes the converse! Surely everyone agrees that perfect agreement can come about by other means, e.g., a program of indoctrination and suppression of dissenters.