Lumifer comments on A Voting Puzzle, Some Political Science, and a Nerd Failure Mode - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Lumifer 29 October 2013 04:58:40PM 0 points [-]

All the great scientists are aware that there is always some error in measurement

Given that this is an observation straight out of Stats 101, yes, I suppose all the great scientists are aware...

Do note that this error is often quantifiable.

Your eyes may be telling you that the Sun rotates around Earth, but that doesn't necessarily make it true.

Actually my eyes don't tell me what rotates around what. My eyes tell me that there is a very bright ball moving across the sky.

In any case, are you really arguing that I should accept the opinion of authority over my personal experience (assuming reasonable intelligence on my part)?

Comment author: TheOtherDave 29 October 2013 06:11:09PM 0 points [-]

It may help to re-read the last line of V_B's comment.

Comment author: Lumifer 29 October 2013 06:48:56PM 0 points [-]

Ah. I applied it only to the last two paragraphs. I may have been hasty about that :-)