MinibearRex comments on Rationality Quotes December 2012 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: MinibearRex 05 December 2012 04:04:21AM 4 points [-]

Don't think, try the experiment.

-John Hunter

Comment author: b1shop 09 December 2012 03:52:41PM 4 points [-]

In the context of probability theory:

Don't prove, try the Monte Carlo.

Comment author: soreff 08 December 2012 09:33:36PM 3 points [-]

Whether that is good advice or not depends on the evidence already in hand, and the difficulty of the experiment. Will ice survive heating to a million kelvin at standard pressure?