Luke_A_Somers comments on Rationality Quotes Thread September 2015 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: tut 16 September 2015 03:23:27PM 3 points [-]

Unless the other fellow isn't an idiot, so that "large, important, easy-to-find stupidity in the other fellow's professional territory" is correspondingly more likely to be imaginary.

Comment author: Luke_A_Somers 25 September 2015 06:46:11PM 0 points [-]

On the other hand, the other fellow didn't get the advantage of hindsight!

Comment author: VoiceOfRa 25 September 2015 11:07:36PM 0 points [-]

That is a potentially valid reason, assuming you can point to what specifically the other fellow failed to foresee.