Similarly, changing your mind is considered to be a good thing at LW, but there is also a virtue of… uhm… not going crazy just because someone just told you a new insight that has shattered your previous beliefs.
There is a value in changing your beliefs and resisting peer pressure, but that doesn’t mean that you should immediately throw away all your sanity and outside view just because Vassar or Ziz just told you something cool.
Similarly, changing your mind is considered to be a good thing at LW, but there is also a virtue of… uhm… not going crazy just because someone just told you a new insight that has shattered your previous beliefs.
There is a value in changing your beliefs and resisting peer pressure, but that doesn’t mean that you should immediately throw away all your sanity and outside view just because Vassar or Ziz just told you something cool.
cf https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/aHaqgTNnFzD7NGLMx/reason-as-memetic-immune-disorder