Robin_Hanson2 comments on What Evidence Filtered Evidence? - Less Wrong

43 Post author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 29 September 2007 11:10PM

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Comment author: Robin_Hanson2 30 September 2007 12:41:27AM 9 points [-]

We really want to know: what are the typical filters applied in particular areas of life, and thus what evidence does testimony there give us? Doctors, lawyers, parents, lovers, teachers and so on - what filters do they collectively produce on the evidence they get?