MugaSofer comments on Welcome to Less Wrong! (5th thread, March 2013) - Less Wrong

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Comment author: MugaSofer 17 April 2013 01:28:01PM -2 points [-]

raises eyebrows

You're saying it's impossible for any evidence to change your estimate of whether something will help people?

Comment author: RichardKennaway 17 April 2013 01:42:36PM 0 points [-]

No, just that while you can try harder to find knowledge, there isn't a separate metalevel at which seeing if you really have knowledge is a different activity.

Comment author: MugaSofer 19 April 2013 02:00:22PM -2 points [-]

If you can receive information that provides strong Bayesian evidence that you're belief is true, how is there "nothing they can do to determine whether they have successfully found knowledge"?