Daniel_Burfoot comments on Preface to a Proposal for a New Mode of Inquiry - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Daniel_Burfoot 17 May 2010 10:44:37AM 1 point [-]

in that you are a) reasoning by analogy and b) picking the wrong one:

I have separate reasons for believing that CS is a bad influence (the analogy is an illustration, not an argument). Basically, CS is a mix of theory and engineering with very little empirical science mixed in.