skeptical_lurker comments on Open Thread, Apr. 27 - May 3, 2015 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: skeptical_lurker 28 April 2015 07:04:35PM 2 points [-]

Of course this doesn't give one a licence to simply ignore science that disagrees with one's politics. Perhaps a ratio of two PC papers are as reliable as one non-PC paper? Very difficult to properly calibrate I would think, and of course the reliability varies from field to field.