Lumifer comments on Rationality Quotes June 2014 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: [deleted] 02 June 2014 11:46:14AM *  22 points [-]

DON’T RESPOND TO IDIOTS.

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Arguing with idiots has the game-theoretic structure of a dollar-auction. Whoever gets in the last argument wins. Add to this the asymmetry that someone with low epistemic standarts can make up some nonsense argument in five minutes, while it takes you an hour to prove that it is nonsense. At which point the other guy will make up some new nonsense.

Medivh

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Comment author: Lumifer 02 June 2014 04:22:21PM 15 points [-]

I do like the old "Never argue with stupid people, they will drag you down to their level and then beat you with experience" maxim :-)

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