wedrifid comments on The Irrationality Game - Less Wrong

38 Post author: Will_Newsome 03 October 2010 02:43AM

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Comment author: wedrifid 04 October 2010 06:29:06AM 5 points [-]

I wouldn't have said the number of nines indicated overconfidence if you were talking about the sun rising. I do not believe you have enough evidence to reach that level of certainty on this subject. I would include multiple nines in my declaration of confidence in that claim.

Comment author: Will_Newsome 06 October 2010 07:04:27AM 1 point [-]

You think there's a 999,999/100,000 chance the sun will rise tomorrow? I think you may be overconfident here...