Luke_A_Somers comments on [SEQ RERUN] Changing the Definition of Science - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Luke_A_Somers 11 May 2012 02:03:23PM 2 points [-]

Science tolerates errors, Bayescraft does not.

Hrm. It seems to me that they're both fault tolerant in a technical sense; I guess this means as a normative rule? Scientists aren't exactly big fans of errors, and Science does enjoin to minimize them. Any reasonable Bayescraft would take the same stance.