cousin_it comments on Rationality Quotes October 2014 - Less Wrong

4 Post author: Tyrrell_McAllister 01 October 2014 11:02PM

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Comment author: cousin_it 04 October 2014 12:34:01AM *  5 points [-]

Huh? It would be more fair to compare proposals to other proposals, and existing things to other existing things.

Comment author: tut 04 October 2014 11:47:28AM 5 points [-]

Yes, compare existing proposals to existing proposals, as opposed to showing a flaw in one proposal and claiming that you have proven that it's bad when your alternative also is less than flawless.