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14 Post author: Grognor 15 May 2012 10:21AM

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Comment author: Desrtopa 16 May 2012 06:15:59PM 3 points [-]

What's good practice for scientific papers (in terms of remaining dispassionate) is probably good practice in general.

In terms of epistemic rationality, you can get by fine by raising only points of disagreement and keeping it implicit that you accept everything you do not dispute. But in terms of creating effective group cooperation, which has instrumental value, this strategy performs poorly.