wedrifid comments on Outside the Laboratory - Less Wrong

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Comment author: MoreOn 18 December 2010 06:04:17AM *  0 points [-]

Placing a warning flag onto a theist scientist's work would only be justified if you had evidence in support of the claim: P ( good science | scientist is theist ) < P ( good science ) .

Less Wrong provides many excellent philosophical examples in support of that claim. But what about real world examples? Do theist scientists actually tend to do lower-quality science?

Comment author: wedrifid 18 December 2010 08:15:35AM 0 points [-]

Your a priori warning flag

Don't confuse a prior with a priori. ;)

Comment author: MoreOn 18 December 2010 04:28:33PM *  0 points [-]

Fixed. Thanks. I didn't realize that my statement read, "A priori reasoning can only be justified if it's a posteriori."

Edit: so what about my actual statement? Or, are we done having this discussion?