magfrump comments on Reference class of the unclassreferenceable - Less Wrong

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Comment author: magfrump 11 January 2010 07:06:49AM 4 points [-]

I like this reference class due to the related class of "overly specific things that science was later predicted to do," such as flying cars, houses on the moon.

Capabilities seem to happen, expected applications less (or later?)