Nominull comments on Well-Kept Gardens Die By Pacifism - Less Wrong

105 Post author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 21 April 2009 02:44AM

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Comment author: thomblake 23 April 2009 03:50:52PM 0 points [-]

The charge was not that the idea is not useful, nor that it is not true, either of which might be a mark against it. But "non-Bayesian"? I can't unpack that accusation in a way that makes it seem like a good thing to be concerned about. Even putting aside that I don't much care for Bayesian decision-making (for humans), it sounds like it's in the same family as a charge of "non-Christian".

Comment author: Nominull 23 April 2009 04:06:20PM 0 points [-]

Being non-Bayesian is one particular type of being untrue.

Comment author: Vladimir_Nesov 23 April 2009 04:13:37PM 1 point [-]

Being non-Bayesian is one particular type of being untrue.

Now, what does this mean? Sounds horribly untrue.