Huluk comments on [Link]Rationalization is Superior to Rationality - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Huluk 18 December 2015 11:09:23PM 2 points [-]

There is a difference between "crunching probability flows, in order to output evidence apparently favoring that conclusion" and testing a hypothesis. Testing a hypothesis is an open-ended process. The tester may do it in order to find evidence in support of it, but that is not necessarily what they'll get.