Lumifer comments on Rationality Quotes Thread July 2015 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Username 30 July 2015 02:37:07PM 3 points [-]

But isn't it evidence that this man strongly believed it? And isn't someone's strong belief at least a weak evidence for it?

Comment author: Lumifer 30 July 2015 02:48:53PM 5 points [-]

And so we come to "A thing is not necessarily true because there is weak evidence for it" which seems like a fair statement :-)