shokwave comments on Confidence levels inside and outside an argument - Less Wrong

129 Post author: Yvain 16 December 2010 03:06AM

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Comment author: XiXiDu 18 December 2010 07:57:15PM *  0 points [-]

I'd love to see someone like EY tackle the above comment.

On a side note, why do I get an error if I click on the username of the parent's author?

Comment author: shokwave 19 December 2010 05:52:20AM *  1 point [-]

I'm actually planning on tackling it myself in the next two weeks or so. I think there might be a solution that has a deductive justification for inductive reasoning. EY has already tackled problems like this but his post seems to be a much stronger variant on Hume's "it is custom, and it works" - plus a distinction between self-reflective loops and circular loops. That distinction is how I currently rationalise ignoring the problem of induction in everyday life.

Also - I too do not know why I don't have an overview page.