Caledonian2 comments on Fake Selfishness - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Caledonian2 10 November 2007 04:17:27AM 2 points [-]

Sometimes people change their minds because new evidence and novel arguments have forced them to re-evaluate their positions.

Other times, people have never thought through even the obvious arguments, or are convinced easily by weak data and unimpressive theses, so they shift from one point to another.

If someone changes their positions frequently, AND they're very confident in their positions, that's a bad sign.