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Lumifer comments on Open Thread, January 4-10, 2016 - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: Lumifer 05 January 2016 05:50:12PM *  4 points [-]

Paul Graham ... does the same thing too

Well, but he's writing an essay and has a position to put forward. Not being blind to counter-arguments does not require you to never come to a conclusion.

At a crude level, the pro arguments show the benefits, the contra arguments show the costs, but if you do the cost-benefit analysis and decide that it's worth it, you can have an express definite position without necessarily ignoring chunks of reality.