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David_Gerard comments on The failure of counter-arguments argument - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: David_Gerard 12 July 2013 07:09:47AM 5 points [-]

This is unfortunately reminiscent of the standard LW objection "well, they're only smart in the lab" to any scientist who doesn't support local tropes.

Comment author: wedrifid 12 July 2013 01:37:12PM 1 point [-]

This is unfortunately reminiscent of the standard LW objection "well, they're only smart in the lab" to any scientist who doesn't support local tropes.

I don't believe that is a standard LW objection.