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

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Comment author: AlexMennen 04 July 2011 01:57:04AM 4 points [-]

When the judges are human, defending an incorrect position is not much of a handicap in debates on issues to which human intuition is poorly attuned.