Dangers of deference
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Sometimes people defer to other people, e.g. by believing what they say, by following orders, or by adopting intents or stances. In many cas...
Dangers of deference September 02, 2022 Sometimes people defer to other people, e.g. by believing what they say, by following orders, or by adopting intents or stances. In many cases it makes sense to defer, since other people know more than you about many things, and it's useful to share eyes and ears, and coordination and specialization are valuable, and one can "inquisitively defer" to opinions by taking them as challenges to investigate further by trying them out for oneself. But there are major issues with deferring, among which are: Deferral-based opinions don't contain the detailed cont
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