crap comments on Rationality Quotes January 2013 - Less Wrong

6 Post author: katydee 02 January 2013 05:23PM

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Comment author: simplicio 02 January 2013 10:48:32PM 2 points [-]

Sure. The point is that "A->B; A, therefore B" is necessarily valid.

Unlike, say, "the risk of something happening is proportional to the number of times I've heard it mentioned."

Calling logic a set of heuristics dissolves a useful semantic distinction between normatively correct reasoning and mere rules of thumb, even if you can put the two on a spectrum.

Comment author: crap 02 January 2013 11:10:26PM *  2 points [-]

Ohh, I agree. I just don't think that there is a corresponding neurological distinction. (Original quote was about evolution).