Your last statement shows that you have much to learn from TheOtherDave about the principle of charity. Specifically, don’t think the other person to be stupider than you are, without a valid reason. So, if you come up with a trivial objection to their point, consider that they might have come across it before and addressed it in some way. They might still be wrong, but likely not in the obvious ways.
Sorry, just realized I skipped over the first part of your comment.
It happens, but this should not be the initial assumption.
Doesn’t that depend on the prior? I think most holders of certain religious or political beliefs, for instance, do so for trivially wrong reasons*. Perhaps you mean it should not be the default assumption here?
Your last statement shows that you have much to learn from TheOtherDave about the principle of charity. Specifically, don’t think the other person to be stupider than you are, without a valid reason. So, if you come up with a trivial objection to their point, consider that they might have come across it before and addressed it in some way. They might still be wrong, but likely not in the obvious ways.
So where did you address it?
The trouble, of course, is that sometimes people really are wrong in “obvious” ways. Probably not high-status LWers, I guess.
It happens, but this should not be the initial assumption. And I’m not sure who you mean by “high-status LWers”.
Sorry, just realized I skipped over the first part of your comment.
Doesn’t that depend on the prior? I think most holders of certain religious or political beliefs, for instance, do so for trivially wrong reasons*. Perhaps you mean it should not be the default assumption here?
*Most conspiracy theories, for example.
I was referring to you. PrawnOfFate should not have expected you to make such a mistake, give the evidence.