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Comment author: Stuart_Armstrong 11 July 2013 08:43:10AM 1 point [-]

I'm not sure I get your point here, sorry!

I'm trying to think of ways that rational people can use to evaluate claims, not ways that can be used rhetorically to convince people in general...

Comment author: David_Gerard 11 July 2013 11:11:51AM 3 points [-]

My point is to warn people who want to be rational of a failure mode that makes this razor not something to be relied upon precisely when they hold the belief in question strongly.

Comment author: Stuart_Armstrong 11 July 2013 11:24:50AM *  3 points [-]

Ok, I see the point, and agree it's an issue.

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