RandomThinker comments on Many Weak Arguments vs. One Relatively Strong Argument - Less Wrong

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Comment author: RandomThinker 06 June 2013 04:48:51AM 4 points [-]

This is a great example. It's often very hard to tell whether MWA are independent or not. They could all derive from the same factors. Or they could all be made up by the same type of motivated reasoning.

I think that's the judgment of being a good "Fox" ala Tetlock's Hedgehog vs the Fox.