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Normal_Anomaly comments on Hanson Debating Yudkowsky, Jun 2011 - Less Wrong Discussion

14 Post author: XiXiDu 03 July 2011 04:59PM

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Comment author: Normal_Anomaly 03 July 2011 09:36:27PM 1 point [-]

Oops, I typed 12 when I meant 32. But I think it's positive 32 and 5, not negative, because he says he won.

Comment author: Douglas_Knight 04 July 2011 02:51:19AM 1 point [-]

Try reading it again for the signs. Moreover, when he says that contrarian positions win, he means that they shift people towards them, not that they win outright. This is probably because most people have never heard actual arguments for the contrarian position.