Vladimir_Nesov comments on Your Strength as a Rationalist - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Dpar 09 August 2010 09:18:58PM 0 points [-]

That's fair enough. However, judging by what I've read, this community's definition of evidence seems to constitute just about anything ever written about anything. How would you then differentiate evidence, from rumor, hearsay, speculation, etc.?

Comment author: Vladimir_Nesov 09 August 2010 09:24:09PM 2 points [-]

Rumor, hearsay, etc. falls under our definition of evidence, just weak evidence, or probably very indirect (for example, if there is a rumor that A, it might constitute evidence against A being true, given other things you know).