I think the term “Dark Arts” is used by many in the community to refer to generic, truth-agnostic ways of getting people to change their mind. I agree that Scott Adams demonstrates mastery of persuasion techniques, and that this is indeed not necessarily evidence that he is not a “rationalist”.
However, the specific claim made by James_Miller is that it is a “model rationalist disagreement”. I think that since Adams used the persuasion techniques that Stabilizer mentioned above, it’s pretty clear that it isn’t a model rationalist disagreement.
I think the term “Dark Arts” is used by many in the community to refer to generic, truth-agnostic ways of getting people to change their mind. I agree that Scott Adams demonstrates mastery of persuasion techniques, and that this is indeed not necessarily evidence that he is not a “rationalist”.
However, the specific claim made by James_Miller is that it is a “model rationalist disagreement”. I think that since Adams used the persuasion techniques that Stabilizer mentioned above, it’s pretty clear that it isn’t a model rationalist disagreement.
I agree, and I didn’t mean to imply otherwise.