JohnH comments on Hindsight Devalues Science - Less Wrong

92 Post author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 17 August 2007 07:39PM

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Comment author: JohnH 21 April 2011 05:49:14PM 4 points [-]

"But it is not a significant question, and learning its answer does not advance human knowledge in a significant way."

Unless you work at a large grocery chain or for the company that makes Fig Newtons.