Yosarian2 comments on Some Claims Are Just Too Extraordinary - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Yosarian2 24 January 2013 11:02:30PM *  2 points [-]

I have to say that the percentage of peer-reviewed scientific journal articles that end up retracted or refuted is significantly higher then the percentage of the time that my senses have given me information that has turned out to be false.

As for the "some hypothesis are just too extraordinary" argument; I have to say that, historically speaking, prejudging what types of hypothesis are just so extraordinary that it's not even worth looking at evidence in favor of them is a type of judgement that humans, even very smart humans, seem to be quite bad at.

Comment author: gwern 25 January 2013 12:48:55AM 0 points [-]

I have to say that the percentage of peer-reviewed scientific journal articles that end up retracted or refuted is significantly higher then the percentage of the time that my senses have given me information that has turned out to be false.

Snowyowl:

"Besides, your perceptions are fine, it's your opinions that are worthless and misleading."