DanielLC comments on Rationality Quotes May 2014 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: roystgnr 02 May 2014 03:35:24PM 27 points [-]

PLAYBOY: So the experiment didn’t work?

[Craig] FERGUSON: No, the experiment always works. There’s no such thing as an experiment that doesn’t work. There are only results, but results may vary. Here’s what I learned:

Comment author: DanielLC 15 May 2014 09:53:21PM 3 points [-]

An experiment is supposed to teach you the truth. If you run the experiment badly and, say, get a false positive, then the experiment failed.