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"Basics of Rationalist Discourse" by Duncan Sabien

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Overconfidence Is Deceit

Humans are notoriously overconfident in their beliefs. Most human societies reward people for visibly signaling confidence. If you expose a thousand randomly selected humans to a debate between a quiet reserved person outlining an objectively corrected position and a confident emphatic person insisting on an unfounded position, many will be net persuaded by the latter. Thus it behooves people who want to engage in and encourage better discourse to be specific and explicit about their confidence.

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