FrameBenignly comments on Experiment: Changing minds vs. preaching to the choir - Less Wrong

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Comment author: FrameBenignly 08 October 2015 04:36:57AM *  0 points [-]

But that simple case isn't a representative or typical one...

Evidence?

Comment author: DanArmak 08 October 2015 07:10:04PM 0 points [-]

My own impressions. I've read LW regularly since it existed and I believe few posts describe a topic where there are mostly two opposite opinions or options. I haven't done a quantitative analysis.

There are also LW (and allied) posts that argue such situations are abnormal, and usually come about due to motivated reasoning (including politics) or fallacies and biases. And I believe LWers mostly accept this and follow this approach. For instance, the posts related to color politics argue this point.