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MugaSofer 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: MugaSofer 24 December 2012 10:10:26PM -2 points [-]

Thus, when you find yourself confronted with a hypothetical based on an incoherent ontology, corrupt definitions, or other examples of confused or dishonest thinking often the only viable response is to challenge the validity of the hypothetical itself.

I generally just ironman their flawed hypothetical and carry on. Sometimes it turns out that the flaws are easily fixed and doing so does not invalidate their original point.