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Dennis HackethalOP revised about 1 month ago·#2281
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Rational Decision-Making

Expanding on #2112

If an idea, as written, has no pending criticisms, it’s rational to adopt it and irrational to reject it. What reason could you have to reject it? If it has no pending criticisms, then either 1) no reasons to reject it (ie, criticisms) have been suggested or 2) all suggested reasons have been addressed already.

If an idea, as written, does have pending criticisms, it’s irrational to adopt it and rational to reject it – by reference to those criticisms. What reason could you have to ignore the pending criticisms and adopt it anyway?

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Dennis HackethalOP, about 6 hours ago·#3022

What counts as ‘addressing’ a criticism? If I write ‘nuh-uh’ as a counter-criticism, does that neutralize the original?

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Dennis HackethalOP, about 6 hours ago·#3023

Only temporarily at best, since ‘nuh-uh’ would be criticized for lacking substance right away.

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