TheOtherDave comments on [SEQ RERUN] The Amazing Virgin Pregnancy - Less Wrong

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Comment author: TheOtherDave 05 December 2011 03:21:16PM 1 point [-]

So, I agree with your main point, but at the risk of being pedantic: absurdity bias is the tendency of a system to judge absurd-sounding statements as false.

Judging as false an absurd statement that turns out to also be false might not be a case where "the judgment fails," but it's just as good an example of absurdity bias as judging as false an absurd statement that turns out to be true.