RichardKennaway comments on A List of Nuances - Less Wrong

31 Post author: abramdemski 10 November 2014 05:02AM

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Comment author: RichardKennaway 12 November 2014 09:10:01PM 1 point [-]

The gist is that in Bayesian terms, the fact that someone thought an issue was important enough to lie about is evidence that their claim is correct.

Or their position on the issue could be motivated by some other issue you don't even know is on their agenda.

Or...pretty much anything.