beoShaffer comments on On accepting an argument if you have limited computational power. - Less Wrong

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Comment author: beoShaffer 12 January 2012 01:57:38AM 0 points [-]

Is the following a loosely accurate summary: "There are certain types of arguments where the probability of the argument not having any obvious flaws even if it is wrong is high enough that one shouldn't count the arguments as significant evidence for their conclusions."