Eugine_Nier comments on [SEQ RERUN] Faster Than Science - Less Wrong

3 Post author: MinibearRex 12 May 2012 02:13AM

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Comment author: Eugine_Nier 12 May 2012 07:15:57AM 3 points [-]

Science leaves it up to experiment to socially declare who was right, but if there weren't some people who could get it right in the absence of overwhelming experimental proof, science would be stuck.

Given that there are also many people who get it wrong, this seems like a case of hindsight bias on EY's part.

Comment author: MinibearRex 13 May 2012 08:53:19AM 0 points [-]

I'd point you to the next post, "Einstein's Speed", specifically the section at the end beginning with the phrase "But a word of caution here".