katydee comments on Designing Rationalist Projects - Less Wrong

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Comment author: katydee 16 May 2011 10:18:58AM 1 point [-]

Certainly true. I still haven't found a sufficiently accurate way of describing this sort of situation; "a low chance" would imply that the quality of the critique updated me away from believing the author was a plant, whereas "a significant chance" has too much weight. "Nonzero" works in common parlance but is pseudo-meaningless, since there's a nonzero chance of practically anything.

What would you recommend in this case?

Comment author: Oscar_Cunningham 16 May 2011 10:46:11AM 4 points [-]

Non-negligible?

Comment author: wedrifid 16 May 2011 12:53:21PM 1 point [-]

What would you recommend in this case?

Good question. "Almost suspect" works sometimes. "Actually considered the possibility". "Remote possibility". Just 'chance'. "chance (albeit slim)". Oscar's 'Non-negligible'.