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92 sats \ 1 reply \ @Undisciplined 21 Mar \ on: Why smart people believe stupid things mostly_harmless
This is the research I was planning on talking about. God damn, are we good at rationalization or what?
I think your early point about being willing to learn is spot on. Relatedly, I think trying to give "the other side" as charitable of an interpretation as possible is very important.
To a first approximation, we're probably all wrong about everything, so if you're not updating your views occasionally, that's evidence that your views are probably wrong.
Yep - "steal man" the opposing view, try to find what's true instead of what's false, try to find points of agreement... All very important debate and reasoning tactics.
As I say about chess, it's about learning, not winning.
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