Jack comments on Open Thread June 2010, Part 2 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Jack 08 June 2010 12:57:47AM 2 points [-]

Well obviously propositions with extremely high complexity (and therefore very low priors) are going to remain low even when people believe them. But if someone says they believe they have 10 dollars on them or that the US Constitution was signed in September... the belief is enough to make those claims more likely than not.