RichardKennaway comments on Pascal's Muggle: Infinitesimal Priors and Strong Evidence - Less Wrong

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Comment author: RichardKennaway 06 May 2013 08:00:15AM 1 point [-]

That hyperbole one.
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I agree that this notion is actually very underspecified

Using "a tad" to mean "very" is understatement, not hyperbole.

Comment author: ygert 06 May 2013 11:36:09AM * 9 points [-]

Using "a tad" to mean "very" is understatement, not hyperbole.

One could call it hypobole.

Comment author: ciphergoth 06 May 2013 11:28:33AM 4 points [-]

Specifically, litotes.