Gunnar_Zarncke comments on Rationality Quotes August 2014 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Viliam_Bur 04 August 2014 09:11:07AM *  8 points [-]

Refuting frequently appearing bullshit could be made more efficient by having a web page with standard explanations which could be linked from the debate. Posting a link (perhaps with a short summary, which could also be provided on the top of that web page) does not require too much energy.

Which would create another problem, of protecting that web page from bullshit created by reversing stupidity, undiscriminating skepticism, or simply affective death spirals about that web page. (Yes, I'm thinking about RationalWiki.) Maybe we could have multiple anti-bullshit websites, which would sometimes explain using their own words, and sometimes merely by linking to another website's explanation they agree with.

Comment author: Gunnar_Zarncke 07 August 2014 10:13:13PM 2 points [-]

But you still have to find the proper entry. This just shifts the burden around and in total refutation is probably still much more expensive than creation (esp. as the same BS can be copied but the refutation can't..