Daniel_Humphries comments on Hug the Query - Less Wrong

36 Post author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 14 December 2007 07:51PM

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Comment author: Daniel_Humphries 16 December 2007 06:04:06PM 6 points [-]

Eric:

I would suggest that what you are doing is "hugging the query" insofar as you try to show that the arguments and assumptions leading to a false conclusion are faulty. Sometimes it's just a long, difficult slog. Arguments about social policy might admit evidence that looks different than the evidence in physics.

Of course, if your sole reason for having the discussion is to lead someone step by step to your pre-determined conclusion, rather than having an honest inquiry of the subject under discussion, you have another problem. ;)