nickernst comments on Burning Man Meetup: Bayes Camp - Less Wrong

16 Post author: Larks 25 August 2010 06:14AM

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Comment author: [deleted] 26 August 2010 05:38:27AM 6 points [-]

That quote needs it's punchline! Specialization is for insects.

It's also easy to think that you know how to do all of those things, if you read instruction manuals and never have an opportunity to find out that you're wrong.

Also, I'm working on it. I'll skip on the dying part though.

Comment author: Pavitra 26 August 2010 05:41:42AM 2 points [-]

I was going to mention the heat death of the universe, but surprising breakthroughs do tend to happen, and we have a while to work on it.