dclayh comments on Contrarianism and reference class forecasting - Less Wrong

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Comment author: taw 26 November 2009 04:23:31PM -2 points [-]

Not really, induction problems philosophers talk about are pure theory, and totally irrelevant to daily life. Everybody knows blue/green are correct categories, while grue/bleen are not.

Figuring out proper reference class on the other hand, is a serious problem of applied rationality.

Comment author: dclayh 26 November 2009 06:39:46PM 2 points [-]

I don't know about "bleen", but "grue" is perfectly sensible as the category of "things that may eat you if you venture around Zork without a light".