johnlawrenceaspden comments on Open Thread March 21 - March 27, 2016 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: johnlawrenceaspden 14 April 2016 05:16:51PM 0 points [-]

Not necessarily. "You can't do inference without making assumptions".

Is it even a fight? What is it that they disagree about? Neither side is saying "Decision heuristics that once worked well still work well in our changed world".

Comment author: Lumifer 14 April 2016 05:44:48PM 1 point [-]

Is it even a fight?

It's a fight like a croquet mallet is a billy club :-)

Comment author: johnlawrenceaspden 14 April 2016 09:20:54PM 0 points [-]

I mean, is there some prediction that they disagree about, rather than 'falling tree sound' issues.