Jayson_Virissimo comments on Intuitions Aren't Shared That Way - Less Wrong

31 Post author: lukeprog 29 November 2012 06:19AM

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Comment author: Jayson_Virissimo 29 November 2012 01:11:31PM 2 points [-]

Philosophy isn't the only discipline that uses intuition to adjudicate between theories. Even physicists rely on intuitive notions of "simplicity" when arguing for one model over another.

Comment author: Manfred 29 November 2012 11:47:02PM 0 points [-]

Though most of the time they use straightforward formal notions of simplicity.