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DavidPlumpton comments on How could one (and should one) convert someone from pseudoscience? - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: DavidPlumpton 06 October 2015 07:44:32PM 1 point [-]

Possibly asking something like "you're good at finding points that back up your beliefs, but you also need to spend time thinking about points that might contradict your beliefs. How many contradictory points can you think of over the next five minutes?"