steven0461 comments on What is bunk? - Less Wrong

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Comment author: steven0461 08 May 2010 10:43:49PM *  0 points [-]

I don't disagree, but I see it as more of a continuum. All else equal, the more people investigating a claim, the better. And more importantly, one careful investigator is worth more than ten superficial investigators (e.g., Shermer on cryonics).