endoself comments on Anyone want to give Holmesian reasoning a try? - Less Wrong

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Comment author: endoself 29 June 2011 01:34:04AM 0 points [-]

I think the goal is to see how well Holmesian reason works and how it fails.

Comment author: [deleted] 29 June 2011 02:20:45AM 2 points [-]

The goal is to see what happens.

Comment author: DanielLC 29 June 2011 04:12:38AM 1 point [-]

How can this show how well it works? There's no correct answer, since the example is made up.

Comment author: endoself 30 June 2011 02:17:57AM * 0 points [-]

Well it won't provide very much evidence, but, especially with a few more examples, there's a chance we'll learn something.

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