Vaniver comments on Welcome to Less Wrong! (July 2012) - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Vaniver 03 August 2012 02:49:52PM *  1 point [-]

I may be misremembering, but if I recall correctly with Einstein's theory of special relativity it finally became possible to accurately and precisely predict the movements of bodies in our universe.

This is incorrect. MHD is correct about the right response to "all is uncertain," which is "right, but there are shades of uncertainty from 0 to 1, and we can measure them."

Comment author: Zaine 03 August 2012 03:11:44PM *  0 points [-]

Thank you, both of you. I changed the text to reflect only STR's historical significance in regard to Hume's insight.