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shminux comments on Strong intutions. Weak arguments. What to do? - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: shminux 10 May 2012 09:23:42PM *  4 points [-]

I thought that it has been generally agreed upon that, as a participant, the rational thing to do was to examine one's intuition and logic and make sure that your system 1 and system 2 thinking matches up, then reexamine it for possible biases. Hence it seems highly irrational to bring up something like

I have a strong intuition that OpenCog can be made into a human-level general intelligence, and that if this intelligence is raised properly it will turn out benevolent and help us launch a positive Singularity. However, I can't fully rationally substantiate this intuition

as a supporting argument.

Comment author: Eugine_Nier 11 May 2012 03:36:36AM *  2 points [-]

Except in a lot of cases your intuition is better than your conscious thinking. See Daniel Kahneman's Thinking Fast and Slow.

Comment author: shminux 11 May 2012 04:45:30AM 2 points [-]

My point was that you would be irrational to seriously expect your opponent to share your intuition, not that your intuition is wrong.

Comment author: fubarobfusco 11 May 2012 03:53:14AM 2 points [-]

couscous thinking

That's gotta be the best Cupertino I've seen in a while.

Comment author: Eugine_Nier 12 May 2012 03:34:18AM 1 point [-]

Thanks, fixed.

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