timtyler comments on The Mechanics of Disagreement - Less Wrong

8 Post author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 10 December 2008 02:01PM

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Comment author: RobinHanson 06 December 2009 10:10:42PM 0 points [-]

My Bayesian wannabe paper is an argument against disagreement based on computation differences. You can "resolve" a disagreement by moving your opinion in the direction of the other opinion. If failing to do this reduces your average accuracy, I feel I can call that failure "irrational".

Comment author: timtyler 21 December 2009 09:05:02PM *  1 point [-]

It would be clearer if you said "epistemically irrational". Instrumental rationality can be consistent with sticking to your guns - especially if your aim involves appearing to be exceptionally confident in your own views.