Johnicholas comments on Decision theory: Why we need to reduce “could”, “would”, “should” - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Johnicholas 02 September 2009 11:30:28PM * 1 point [-]

Is there a specific example of "50-year-old scientists making up their own religions" that you're thinking of?

Maybe Steven Jay Gould's nonoverlapping magisteria?

Comment author: randallsquared 03 September 2009 01:42:23PM 1 point [-]

Tipler, too.