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Re:Circle of Competence: Avoid Ambiguity Traps by copperx on Monday June 29, 2020 @02:38PM (#23680816)
> First: Some advice on this by Scott Adams

Why would you follow advice from a certified nutcase?

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Re:Circle of Competence: Avoid Ambiguity Traps by Godel_unicode on Monday June 29, 2020 @02:56PM (#23681092)
Why the immediate ad hominem? Do you have specific grievances with the referenced blog post?
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Re:Circle of Competence: Avoid Ambiguity Traps by copperx on Monday June 29, 2020 @04:18PM (#23682263)
Ad hominems are terrible in logical discourse, but with life advice, it's important to know who is dispensing the advice.
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Re:Circle of Competence: Avoid Ambiguity Traps by Godel_unicode on Monday June 29, 2020 @05:10PM (#23683111)
I'm not sure the distinction between logical discourse and life advice is a useful one to draw. The reason that ad hominem is considered harmful is it leads to dismissing ideas without considering their merit.

Dismissing advice out of hand purely based off of the source seems like a dangerous shortcut to espouse, as it's likely to lead to groupthink and echo chambers. I think, when looking for advice, one should go out of ones way to solicit different backgrounds (dare I say, a diverse set of opinions) and then synthesize them into a course of action.

See also, taking the other side to lunch.

https://www.npr.org/transcripts/505588812

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