John_Maxwell_IV comments on Undiscriminating Skepticism - Less Wrong

97 Post author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 14 March 2010 11:23PM

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Comment author: ciphergoth 16 March 2010 11:37:48PM 1 point [-]

Of course. If you know others who share your belief, that's a cause for worry, and if you know no-one who does, that's also a cause for worry.

Comment author: John_Maxwell_IV 17 March 2010 12:12:13AM 0 points [-]

Of course. If you know others who share your belief, that's a cause for worry, and if you know no-one who does, that's also a cause for worry.

OK. So I can only stop worrying if exactly 1 person shares my belief? :-P

Comment author: Strange7 27 June 2011 07:22:32AM 3 points [-]

You can stop worrying after your brain's been properly frozen. The question is what to worry about.