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Some related discussion here: https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/JAAHjm4iZ2j5Exfo2/the-copern...

Assuming the presentation is reasonable, I am actually not convinced that mental habits that would have us agree quicker with Copernicus would actually make us right more often in general. I think often the first people to be right about something will be right for the wrong reasons. It's an interesting thing to chew on.



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