Jack comments on Rationality Quotes July 2012 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Jack 04 July 2012 07:34:00PM 4 points [-]

Right. Sensitivity does not equal specificity. Maher makes the mistake of assuming the rate of false positives and false negatives for the 'snakebite test for god' are equal. The transitional fossil test for evolution and the perjury test for honesty both have high false negative rates and low false positive rates.