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Comment author: fubarobfusco 11 March 2013 01:30:15AM 0 points [-]

Our ability to identify errors in our reasoning hangs on our ability to get that very reasoning right at some point.

Careful with "identify" there. If I come up with a proof that 1=2, I can recognize it's not right without thereby also knowing which step is wrong.

Comment author: [deleted] 11 March 2013 04:41:58PM 0 points [-]

Good point, though it remains that in order to identify 1=2 as an error, we have to be trustworthy in some respect. But you're right that we don't have to get that very bit of reasoning right just to know that we got it wrong.

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