Nick_Tarleton comments on Bayesians vs. Barbarians - Less Wrong

51 Post author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 14 April 2009 11:45PM

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Comment author: Nick_Tarleton 17 April 2009 04:21:32AM 3 points [-]

It's not evidence, but it is a pointer to an argument from existing knowledge: "you know, X probably would actually result from Y". (Well, to a bounded rationalist that is an example of evidence, but a kind that it's not nearly as problematic to get from fiction.)