komponisto comments on The Amanda Knox Test: How an Hour on the Internet Beats a Year in the Courtroom - Less Wrong

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Comment author: komponisto 31 January 2014 08:10:52PM 0 points [-]

Just to expand on your point:

"And also innocent after proven guilty then proven not-actually-proven-guilty.."

should probably be "...innocent after proven 'guilty'...", lest we lose the meaning of "proven".

Comment author: wedrifid 31 January 2014 08:50:07PM * 0 points [-]

should probably be "...innocent after proven 'guilty'...", lest we lose the meaning of "proven".

Good point. I also feel the urge to put quotes around 'proven' for the same reason, distinguishing the epistemic act from the political victory.