Unknowns comments on False Majorities - Less Wrong

35 Post author: JamesAndrix 03 February 2010 06:43PM

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Comment author: Unknowns 05 February 2010 06:26:58AM 1 point [-]

In the situation under discussion, most experts agree on a conclusion, and disagree about the argument.

It is possible (but not necessary) that this means that nothing can be known about the subject. However, if this is the case, then much less is it the case that I personally can know the opposite, namely by agreeing with the minority.