Carl_Shulman comments on Rational vs. Scientific Ev-Psych - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Carl_Shulman 04 January 2008 01:38:22PM 2 points [-]

The fact that someone is subjecting their view to a test and the possibility of being disproved does give us new information, like finding out that someone has bet on their view in a prediction market. The person has to have enough familiarity with scientific habits of thought (generally a positive sign for intelligence and rationality) to come up with the idea, and people are much more cautious about advancing theses where they fear being quickly proven wrong.