"Outside View!" as Conversation-Halter — LessWrong
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Followup to: The Outside View's Domain, Conversation Halters Reply to: Reference class of the unclassreferenceable …
x "Outside View!" as Conversation-Halter — LessWrong Inside/Outside View Conversation (topic) Frontpage 94 "Outside View!" as Conversation-Halter by Eliezer Yudkowsky 24th Feb 2010 9 min read 103 94 Followup to : The Outside View's Domain , Conversation Halters Reply to : Reference class of the unclassreferenceable In " conversation halters ", I pointed out a number of arguments which are particularly pernicious, not just because of their inherent flaws, but because they attempt to chop off further debate - an "argument stops here!" traffic sign, with some implicit penalty (at least in the min
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