Yup. In my experience, though, Devil’s Advocates are usually pitted against people genuinely arguing their cause, not other devil’s advocates.
However, Eliezer dislikes it for some reason, probably because he thinks that it’s too easy to do poorly and then dismiss with a metaphorical self-congratulatory pat on one’s own back.
Yeah, I remember being surprised by that reading the equences. He seemed to be describing acting as your own devil’s advocate, though, IIRC.
Yup. In my experience, though, Devil’s Advocates are usually pitted against people genuinely arguing their cause, not other devil’s advocates.
Yeah, I remember being surprised by that reading the equences. He seemed to be describing acting as your own devil’s advocate, though, IIRC.