sketerpot comments on Rationality quotes: May 2010 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: sketerpot 03 May 2010 08:24:16PM 0 points [-]

It's a reasonable hypothesis that Kant came up with, but until he's tested it -- or at least thought of a way to test it -- he should have been more tentative about it.

Comment author: benelliott 15 December 2010 09:54:17AM 0 points [-]

Really? Why is the fact that you've thought of a way to test something a reason to be more confident of it?

I agree that if he had actually tested it that would have been reason for more confidence, but intention to experiment is not Bayesian evidence.

Comment author: JamesPfeiffer 03 May 2010 08:41:15PM 0 points [-]

Hmm. What do we mean by weight? Mass * g?