Concur. Hanson didn’t apply his knowledge of calculus, or felt it was unjustified to do so because he believes too strongly in empirical data and not strongly enough in analytical arguments. Yudkowsky repeated himself over and over and talked about side issues that weren’t the cause of Hanson’s rejection.
I think “analytical argument” is the phrase I was looking for.
In Brunner’s The Sheep Look Up (a pollution dystopia), someone figures out that there isn’t enough clean land to produce the amount of clean food they’re selling. At that point, you don’t have to check the details of their production methods (assuming that hydroponics aren’t feasible), though you still might want to.
Are there comparable terms for other sorts of arguments?
Concur. Hanson didn’t apply his knowledge of calculus, or felt it was unjustified to do so because he believes too strongly in empirical data and not strongly enough in analytical arguments. Yudkowsky repeated himself over and over and talked about side issues that weren’t the cause of Hanson’s rejection.
I think “analytical argument” is the phrase I was looking for.
In Brunner’s The Sheep Look Up (a pollution dystopia), someone figures out that there isn’t enough clean land to produce the amount of clean food they’re selling. At that point, you don’t have to check the details of their production methods (assuming that hydroponics aren’t feasible), though you still might want to.
Are there comparable terms for other sorts of arguments?