Prismattic comments on Open thread, October 2011 - Less Wrong

5 Post author: MarkusRamikin 02 October 2011 09:05AM

You are viewing a comment permalink. View the original post to see all comments and the full post content.

Comments (308)

You are viewing a single comment's thread. Show more comments above.

Comment author: wedrifid 17 October 2011 07:21:42AM 1 point [-]

What would you say would actually constitute evidence for such a thing existing?

That's an easy one.

  • Finding something that you can't explain.
  • Finding that other smart people can't explain something.
  • Finding other things are easy to explain.
  • Becoming smarter and still being unable to explain something.

As for what would constitute strong evidence...