Nick_Tarleton comments on Righting a Wrong Question - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Nick_Tarleton 10 March 2008 08:46:56PM 2 points [-]

Since our introspection ability is so limited, this method sounds like it could easily end up resulting in, not the correct explanation of the belief and explanation-away of the phenomenon, but a just-so story that claims to explain away something that might actually exist. This is not a Fully General Counterargument; a well-supported explanation of the belief is probably right, but more support is needed than the conjecture. Look how many candidate explanations have been offered for belief in free will.