Somewhere far away, an Estha who now and then grieves for his truly lost Merrin, knows better than this.

Merrin on her exoplanet knows better than this, though she would have to scrape at her memory to remember how it is conventionally put into words.

A few Irorian wizards in particular Vudran temples, and some Abadarans of rare circle, and a Nethysian lich who is not mad, and ancient dragons with headbands, and of course the gods; they all know better too.  All have a mathematical concept of what distinguishes truth-preserving inference steps from non-truth-preserving inference steps; all know that to mock an attempted argument with a particularly delicious insult is not evidence of anything.  You can defeat true arguments around as easily as false arguments that way, and indeed in practice the truth is often more vulnerable to mockery than lies; for the truth cannot freely optimize itself to be proof against mockery, the way that lies can freely mutate.

Somewhere far away, an Estha who now and then grieves for his true-lost Merrin, knows better than this.

Merrin on her exoplanet knows better than this, though she would have to scrape at her memory to remember how it is conventionally put into words.

A few Irorian wizards in particular Vudran temples, and some Abadarans of rare circle, and a Nethysian lich who is not mad, and ancient dragons with headbands, and of course the gods; they all know better too.  All have a mathematical concept of what distinguishes truth-preserving inference steps from non-truth-preserving inference steps; all know that to mock an attempted argument with a particularly delicious insult is not evidence of anything.  You can defeat true arguments around as easily as false arguments that way, and indeed in practice the truth is often more vulnerable to mockery than lies; for the truth cannot freely optimize itself to be proof against mockery, the way that lies can freely mutate.

Somewhere far away, an Estha who now and then grieves for his true-lost Merrin, knows better than this.

Merrin on her exoplanet knows better than this, though she would have to scrape at her memory to remember how it is conventionally put into words.

A few Irorian wizards in particular Vudran temples, and some Abadarans of rare circle, and a Nethysian lich who is not mad, and ancient dragons with headbands, and of course the gods; they all know better too.  All have a mathematical concept of what distinguishes truth-preserving inference steps from non-truth-preserving inference steps; all know that to mock an attempted argument with a particularly delicious insult is not evidence of anything.  You can defeat true arguments around as easily as false arguments that way, and indeed in practice the truth is often more vulnerable to mockery than lies; for the truth cannot freely optimize itself to be proof against mockery, whereas lies can freely mutate.

Somewhere far away, an Estha who now and then grieves for his true-lost Merrin, knows better than this.

Merrin on her exoplanet knows better than this, though she would have to scrape at her memory to remember how it is conventionally put into words.

A few Irorian wizards in particular Vudran temples, and some Abadarans of rare circle, and a Nethysian lich who is not mad, and ancient dragons with headbands, and of course the gods; they all know better too.  All have a mathematical concept of what distinguishes truth-preserving inference steps from non-truth-preserving inference steps; all know that to mock an attempted argument with a particularly delicious insult is not evidence of anything.  You can defeat true arguments around as easily as false arguments that way, and indeed in practice the truth is often more vulnerable to mockery than lies; for the truth cannot freely optimize itself to be proof against mockery, while lies can much more freely mutate.

Somewhere far away, an Estha who now and then grieves for his true-lost Merrin, knows better than this.

Merrin on her exoplanet knows better than this, though she would have to scrape at her memory to remember how it is conventionally put into words.

A few Irorian wizards in particular Vudran temples, and some Abadarans of rare circle, and a Nethysian lich who is not mad, and ancient dragons with headbands, and of course the gods; they all know better explicitly.  All have a mathematical concept of what distinguishes truth-preserving inference steps from non-truth-preserving inference steps; all know that to mock an attempted argument with a particularly delicious insult is not evidence of anything.  You can defeat true arguments around as easily as false arguments that way, and indeed in practice the truth is often more vulnerable to mockery than lies; for the truth cannot freely optimize itself to be proof against mockery, while lies can much more freely mutate.

Somewhere far away, an Estha who now and then grieves for his true-lost Merrin, knows better than this.

Merrin on her exoplanet knows better than this, though she would have to scrape at her memory to remember how it is conventionally put into words.

A few Irorian wizards in particular Vudran temples, and some Abadarans of rare circle, and a Nethysian lich who is not mad, and ancient dragons with headbands, and of course the gods; they all know better explicitly.  All have a mathematical concept of what distinguishes truth-preserving inference steps from non-truth-preserving inference steps; all therefore know, say, that to mock an attempted argument with a particularly delicious insult is not evidence of anything.  You can defeat true arguments around as easily as false arguments that way, and indeed in practice the truth is often more vulnerable to mockery than lies; for the truth cannot freely optimize itself to be proof against mockery, while lies can much more freely mutate.

Somewhere far away, an Estha who now and then grieves for his true-lost Merrin, knows better than this.

Merrin on her exoplanet knows better than this, though she would have to scrape at her memory to remember how it is conventionally put into words.

A few Irorian wizards in particular Vudran temples, and some Abadarans of rare circle, and a Nethysian lich who is not mad, and ancient dragons with headbands, and of course the gods; they all know better explicitly.  All have a mathematical concept of what distinguishes truth-preserving inference steps from non-truth-preserving inference steps; they know explicitly what is an evidential update.  All therefore know, say, that to mock an attempted argument with a particularly delicious insult is not evidence of anything.  You can defeat true arguments around as easily as false arguments that way, and indeed in practice the truth is often more vulnerable to mockery than lies; for the truth cannot freely optimize itself to be proof against mockery, while lies can much more freely mutate.

Somewhere far away, an Estha who now and then grieves for his true-lost Merrin, knows better than this.

Merrin on her exoplanet knows better than this, though she would have to scrape at her memory to remember how it is conventionally put into words.

A few Irorian wizards in particular Vudran temples, and some Abadarans of rare circle, and a Nethysian lich who is not mad, and ancient dragons with headbands, and of course the gods; they all know better explicitly.  All have a mathematical concept of what distinguishes truth-preserving inference steps from non-truth-preserving inference steps; they know in math what defines a good weight of quantitative belief shift.  All therefore know, say, that to mock an attempted argument with a particularly delicious insult is not evidence of anything.  You can defeat true arguments around as easily as false arguments that way, and indeed in practice the truth is often more vulnerable to mockery than lies; for the truth cannot freely optimize itself to be proof against mockery, while lies can much more freely mutate.

Somewhere far away, an Estha who now and then grieves for his true-lost Merrin, knows better than this.

Merrin on her exoplanet knows better than this, though she would have to scrape at her memory to remember how it is conventionally put into words.

A few Irorian wizards in particular Vudran temples, and some Abadarans of rare circle, and a Nethysian lich who is not mad, and ancient dragons with headbands, and of course the gods; they all know better explicitly.  All have a mathematical concept of what distinguishes truth-preserving inference steps from non-truth-preserving inference steps; they all know in math what defines a best weight of quantitative belief shift, as an ideal to look up to.  All therefore know, say, that to mock an attempted argument with a particularly delicious insult is not evidence of anything.  You can defeat true arguments around as easily as false arguments that way, and indeed in practice the truth is often more vulnerable to mockery than lies; for the truth cannot freely optimize itself to be proof against mockery, while lies can much more freely mutate.