loqi comments on Advancing Certainty - Less Wrong

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Comment author: ChristianKl 18 January 2010 11:16:25PM 1 point [-]

As we acquire more and more information about the world, our Bayesian probabilities should become more and more confident.

How do we know that we are acquiring more real information? The number of open questions in science grows. It doesn't shrink.

Comment author: loqi 04 February 2010 09:48:02AM 2 points [-]

Because our predictions are more accurate.