Vladimir_Nesov comments on Should we be biased? - Less Wrong

-13 Post author: James_Miller 27 April 2009 03:42PM

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Comment author: Vladimir_Nesov 27 April 2009 06:23:16PM *  0 points [-]

I believe the distinction I was drawing, and that you blur in this comment, is explained in "Back Up and Ask Whether, Not Why". See also cousin_it's comment. There is a difference between the way you came to believe something, which determines the probability of reaching a correct belief, and being able to present a plausible explanation. One may correlate with another, but these are not the same things.