beoShaffer comments on Review of Scott Adams’ “How to Fail at Almost Everything and Still Win Big” - Less Wrong

44 Post author: James_Miller 23 December 2013 08:48PM

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Comment author: beoShaffer 25 December 2013 03:54:23AM 3 points [-]

As someone who is familiar with Adams' writing, when he talks about his law its pretty clear that he is using a definition of known that doesn't include either of the scenarios you mentioned. Unfortunately, this review doesn't include his standard examples and other clarifications.