At 02:46 PM 7/20/00 -0400, Robin Hanson wrote: >Another problem is that people have to be unaware of other people's positions, >otherwise they could update on that and then should all end up at the same >place. I'm not clear why they'd have to be ignorant of other people's positions. It seems that they could be ignorant of the evidence that has swayed other people or the methodology other people use in sifting through evidence. So, with limited information and limited information using tools, they could be quite aware of other people's conclusions while simply thinking that other people are wrong. Unless, by "position" you mean the evidence and methodology as well as the actual conclusions. If that's the case, I agree with you. William Sullivan
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