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Trevor_Blake comments on Experiment: Changing minds vs. preaching to the choir - Less Wrong Discussion

13 Post author: cleonid 03 October 2015 11:27AM

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Comment author: [deleted] 03 October 2015 02:45:05PM 3 points [-]

Karl Popper wrote at length over 60 years ago about the benefits of seeking out and attending to critics and the dangers of listening to those who agree. See 'Conjectures and Refutations,' 'In Search of a Better World,' or, well, most of his work.