pnrjulius comments on Trust in Math - Less Wrong

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Comment author: pnrjulius 12 June 2012 02:10:49AM -1 points [-]

I think that conclusion is right, and the key lies in the word "check". Yes, we check the evidence when it doesn't fit what we thought. Sometimes the evidence is defective (you guys remember that FTL neutrino business?); sometimes, well... it isn't (Michelson-Morley experiment!).