VoiceOfRa comments on Open Thread, Jun. 1 - Jun. 7, 2015 - Less Wrong

3 Post author: Gondolinian 01 June 2015 12:45AM

You are viewing a comment permalink. View the original post to see all comments and the full post content.

Comments (203)

Sort By: Best

Show:

You are viewing a single comment's thread. Show more comments above.

Comment author: VoiceOfRa 07 June 2015 11:49:40PM 4 points [-]

One problem is that if a bad idea is allowed to progress long enough, it is no longer safe to present any arguments against it.

Comment author: g_pepper 08 June 2015 12:13:06AM 1 point [-]

This is true. So, it is probably better to err on the side of addressing, rather than ignoring, bad ideas.