Comment on Rationality Quotes Thread September 2015

Fri, 04 Sep 2015 01:38:05 GMT

I think the aim is not consensus, but consistency.

Consistency with what. If you mean consistency with the truth, I agree. However, the context talks about consistency among expert positions, which is what is normally called consensus. Downvoted for introducing terminology for seemingly no purpose other than to confuse the issue.

If two camps hold irreconcilable views, one of them is wrong and it's highly useful to know which one.

True, however, pushing for consensus or consistency will not tell you which one is wrong. Rather it will result in one of them being declared "wrong", not necessarily the one that actually is.

The fact that both views have some domains where they seem to work better than the other is not a good excuse.

Ok, did you mean to write this in reply to some other comment?

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