Logos01 comments on Contrarians judged mad after being proven right (John Hempton) - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Logos01 02 September 2011 07:59:32PM 2 points [-]

I'm personally wary of hindsight bias sort of stuff. Of course this all seems obvious to us now, but... would it have when we first examined it? I don't know.

Comment author: gwern 02 September 2011 09:27:17PM 0 points [-]

That question reminds me of http://www.gladwell.com/2007/2007_01_08_a_secrets.html

As far as Sino Forestry goes; I haven't read the full analysis published that triggered it, but nothing in what I've read has mentioned hot new data which makes the fraud case convincing.