dclayh comments on Contrarianism and reference class forecasting - Less Wrong
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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.
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".