RobinZ comments on Open Thread: March 2010 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: RobinZ 07 March 2010 05:26:38PM 1 point [-]

Interesting. Has this experiment actually been run, and does it change the percentages in the responses relative to the textbook version?

Comment author: Vladimir_Nesov 07 March 2010 06:35:04PM 0 points [-]

That would be scientific approach to Dark Arts.

Comment author: RobinZ 07 March 2010 07:26:44PM 0 points [-]

The linked post seemed to run far ahead of the presented evidence - and this is a kind of situation in which the scientific method is known to be quite powerful.

Comment author: Vladimir_Nesov 07 March 2010 10:45:10PM *  0 points [-]

Sure. Dark arts don't stain the power of scientific approach, though probably defy the purpose.