Comment on Six principles of a truth-friendly discourse

Sun, 09 Oct 2016 19:56:56 GMT

The article's goal is, more or less, to avoid being convinced of untrue things by motivated agents.

I think the article is trying to help groups set up discourse norms that help people find the truth. (The update uses the phrase "socioepistemic virtue".) It's not so much about helping individuals defend against other individuals, as about helping groups defend their members against bad agents.

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