Gary_Drescher comments on The Cognitive Science of Rationality - Less Wrong

88 Post author: lukeprog 12 September 2011 08:48PM

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Comment author: lukeprog 11 September 2011 03:01:51PM 0 points [-]

Thanks!

Comment author: Gary_Drescher 11 September 2011 08:34:25PM 14 points [-]

If John's physician prescribed a burdensome treatment because of a test whose false-positive rate is 99.9999%, John needs a lawyer rather than a statistician. :)

Comment author: lukeprog 11 September 2011 10:17:15PM 0 points [-]

True, that! :)