jaimeastorga2000 comments on Belief as Attire - Less Wrong

40 Post author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 02 August 2007 05:13PM

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Comment author: Paul_Harris 02 August 2007 06:21:28PM 19 points [-]

I'm not about to put my money where my mouth is on that one

Comment author: [deleted] 15 October 2010 08:12:11AM 16 points [-]

Sounds like someone's beliefs aren't paying rent.

Comment author: InsertUsernameHere 12 December 2013 03:24:02PM *  3 points [-]

Or maybe it's a matter of existential risk? If there's a 1/10 chance of him being horribly wrong, then I don't particularly blame him for not testing it. I might believe <insert explosive tidbit here> quite thoroughly, but not want to test it when the explosive is directly in front of me.

I'd happily test it from behind a blast wall, though.