AdeleneDawner comments on A social norm against unjustified opinions? - Less Wrong

11 Post author: Kaj_Sotala 29 May 2009 11:25AM

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Comment author: AdeleneDawner 29 May 2009 06:11:30PM 1 point [-]

Actually, counting personal experience as relevant research would counteract this effect in most situations.

I'd like to hear a workable way of making that happen, though. In my experience, in any controversial situation, admitting to basing an opinion on personal experience just opens yourself up to personal attacks.