Vladimir_Nesov comments on Contrarianism and reference class forecasting - Less Wrong

26 Post author: taw 25 November 2009 07:41PM

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Comment author: MichaelVassar 26 November 2009 04:45:47PM 0 points [-]

Agreed with the first part and with the heuristic, but taw is using the possibility of politicization as an element of reference class membership. Honestly, I wouldn't even consider global warming to be a "political issue". The science seems completely trivial to understand at the object level.

Comment author: Vladimir_Nesov 27 November 2009 06:16:31PM 4 points [-]

Honestly, I wouldn't even consider global warming to be a "political issue". The science seems completely trivial to understand at the object level.

I'd be shocked if it is.