RobinHanson comments on Observing Optimization - Less Wrong

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Comment author: RobinHanson 21 November 2008 08:52:04PM 5 points [-]

When I attend a talk, I don't immediately jump on anything a speaker says that sounds questionable. I wait until they actually make a main point of their talk, and then I only jump on points that seem to matter for that main point. Since most things people say actually don't matter for their main point, I find this to be a very useful strategy. I will be very surprised indeed if everything you've said mattered regarding our main point of disagreement.