thomblake comments on Science as Attire - Less Wrong

48 Post author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 23 August 2007 05:10AM

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Comment author: handoflixue 19 May 2011 08:26:57PM *  11 points [-]

http://lesswrong.com/lw/jr/how_to_convince_me_that_2_2_3/

I'd be adverse to assigning zero probability even to mathematical falsehoods :)

(Edit: Okay, finally checked the math. A zero probability means "I absolutely refuse to update this belief regardless of the evidence." I can see situations where I can't imagine ever running in to evidence against, but not anything where I'd refuse to update my belief even in light of evidence...)

Comment author: thomblake 19 May 2011 08:38:35PM 13 points [-]

I find it amusing that you responded to a comment from August 2007 by linking to a post from September 2007.

If only Doug_S. had bothered to read that post before making that comment, there wouldn't have been any confusion!

Comment author: handoflixue 19 May 2011 08:52:32PM 2 points [-]

laughs Cute, I hadn't paid attention to either of the timestamps :)