Michael_G. comments on Reversed Stupidity Is Not Intelligence - Less Wrong

49 Post author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 12 December 2007 10:14PM

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Comment author: Michael_G. 13 December 2007 12:44:33AM 0 points [-]

"The least convenient path is the only valid one."

When arguing against and idea honestly with the strongest advocates, is it always true that what is right is not always what is easy? Does making the choice not to argue make someone wrong outright or does not entering into the argument in the first place make the point of view non-existent in some way?

Comment author: bigjeff5 04 February 2011 09:27:32PM 2 points [-]

Does making the choice not to argue make someone wrong outright

It makes your argument wrong by default.

This is in the context of arguing against someone else's opinion. If you are entering such an argument, the only correct choice is the least convenient - that is, arguing the strongest proponent of the idea you are arguing against.