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Lumifer comments on Examples of Rationality Techniques adopted by the Masses - Less Wrong Discussion

12 Post author: edanm 07 June 2014 02:03PM

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Comment author: Roxolan 07 June 2014 08:00:39PM *  7 points [-]

Does the internet count as "the general population"? If so: identifying and shaming logical fallacies. Sure, people do it imperfectly, and a lot more readily for the opposing side than for themselves, arguments are soldiers etc. But it's still harder to get away with them, for an overall positive result on truth-seeking.