Mitchell_Porter comments on Open Thread, February 1-14, 2013 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Mitchell_Porter 05 February 2013 01:03:05PM 12 points [-]

Since its inception in early 2009, has this community ever (1) changed its collective opinion on something (2) had a debate in which there were two sides and there was a clear victor?

Comment author: Qiaochu_Yuan 06 February 2013 04:53:59AM 6 points [-]

(1) I am hesitant to describe this community as having collective opinions, and (2) do the Amanda Knox posts count?

Comment author: CarlShulman 06 February 2013 05:56:53AM *  4 points [-]

The annual prediction threads, and the website PredictionBook (built by Trike Apps and heavily used by LWers), showcase a lot of arguments about empirical predictions that have been resolved.