PK: Unfortunately, no. Arguing isn’t about being informed. If they both actually ‘Overcame Bias’ we’d supposedly lose all respect for them. They have to trade that off with the fact that if they stick to stupid details in the face of overwhelming evidence we also lose respect.
Of the ’12 virtues’ Eleizer mentions, that ‘argument’ one is the least appealing. The quality of the independent posts around here is far higher than the argumentative ones. Still, it does quite clearly demonstrate the difficulties of Aumman’s ideas in practice.
PK: Unfortunately, no. Arguing isn’t about being informed. If they both actually ‘Overcame Bias’ we’d supposedly lose all respect for them. They have to trade that off with the fact that if they stick to stupid details in the face of overwhelming evidence we also lose respect.
Of the ’12 virtues’ Eleizer mentions, that ‘argument’ one is the least appealing. The quality of the independent posts around here is far higher than the argumentative ones. Still, it does quite clearly demonstrate the difficulties of Aumman’s ideas in practice.