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John_Maxwell_IV comments on The Correct Use of Analogy - Less Wrong Discussion

25 Post author: SilentCal 16 July 2014 09:07PM

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Comment author: John_Maxwell_IV 21 July 2014 11:44:25PM *  0 points [-]

+1 for adversarial approaches in general. I find that I'm more creative thinking of arguments if I'm trying to think of arguments to support a particular conclusion. So in order to gain maximum insight, I should try to think of all possible conclusions and then brainstorm arguments in favor of each.