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Another good post of Scott's comes to mind, where he writes:
I see this as applying to a number of issues. For example, I've considered writing a post where I encourage Less Wrongers that I perceive to be overconfident to be less overconfident. But then it occurred to me that there are other Less Wrongers who I perceive to be underconfident who might be harmed by such a post.
Gullibility feels similar. Ideally we'd have highly intelligent & rational people be more gullible, and less intelligent & rational people be less gullible.
Consider parallels to the "openness" personality trait--for the intelligent and conscientious, high openness seems good (they're able to rapidly adapt to changing conditions, in a healthy way because of their intelligence and conscientiousness) but for those lacking those traits, high openness seems bad (they'll fall into pits because they wander without being able to see what to avoid).