Lumifer comments on Open Thread, May 19 - 25, 2014 - Less Wrong
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Trouble with justifying does not necessarily mean that the choice is unjustified.
I like to wash my hands in warm water. I would have a hard time justifying a particular water temperature, as opposed to one slightly colder or slightly warmer. This does not mean that "the only points which have a good reason to be used" are ice-cold water and boiling water.
You can't justify a point, but you could justify a range by speficfying temperatures where it becomes uncomforable. Actually, specifying a range is just specifying the give point with less resolution.