Matt_Simpson comments on Schools Proliferating Without Evidence - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Matt_Simpson 16 March 2009 04:05:05AM -1 points [-]

No, philosophers are more susceptible because most of them can't recognize that "cannot be answered by evidence" means an answer can't be obtained at all.

I would say both. Some things that philosophers think can't be answered by evidence are in fact answered by evidence, such as whether 2 + 2 = 4.

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