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Vaniver comments on [Link] The perils of “reason” - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: Vaniver 13 August 2012 08:47:40PM 5 points [-]

My interpretation was:

If their argument includes the statement that X is reasonable, that's weak Bayesian evidence against X. People don't point out that 1+1=2 is a reasonable statement; they point out that a particular candidate is the reasonable choice.