GabrielDuquette comments on LW Women- Minimizing the Inferential Distance - Less Wrong

58 [deleted] 25 November 2012 11:33PM

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Comment author: [deleted] 24 November 2012 07:40:01PM *  18 points [-]

It's an imperfect metaphor for everybody trusting each other to think real good. Dense root systems help prevent erosion (in this case of epistemic standards).