Eliezer_Yudkowsky comments on Contrarianism and reference class forecasting - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 27 November 2009 01:46:26AM 6 points [-]

Then let us try to figure out whose authority is to be trusted about experimental results and work from there. Cases where you can reduce it to a direct conflict about easily observable facts, and then work from there, are much more likely to have one dramatically more trustworthy party.