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hankx7787 comments on Please Don't Fight the Hypothetical - Less Wrong Discussion

19 Post author: TimS 20 April 2012 02:29PM

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Comment author: hankx7787 20 April 2012 05:08:31PM 0 points [-]

Always bite the bullet and address the heart of the hypothetical.

This is a great article that goes into detail on this point: http://lesswrong.com/lw/85h/better_disagreement/

Comment author: TimS 20 April 2012 06:02:24PM 1 point [-]

Hank, that's one of my favorite articles.

Not sure why you are getting down-voted, but if you think "biting the bullet" is equivalent to "not fighting the hypo" then I've failed to communicate to you why fighting the hypo is bad.

Comment author: hankx7787 21 April 2012 01:54:25PM 0 points [-]

Oh, I was using that phrase rather loosely, perhaps that's the complaint.