MrHen comments on Generalizing From One Example - Less Wrong

259 Post author: Yvain 28 April 2009 10:00PM

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Comment author: MrHen 30 April 2009 01:34:34PM 0 points [-]

Have you ever been to the beach? If so, do you remember what it looked like? If so, you're done at that point, whether you actually "see" the beach or not.

I think the odds of someone living and having never seen the sky are relatively low, so that may be a better place to start.