Stuart_Armstrong comments on Science Isn't Strict Enough - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Luke_A_Somers 08 May 2012 02:04:54PM 0 points [-]

But to remember that they are somewhere in between is much harder, unless it's things I really care about.

It isn't in between. Your knowledge of the question is in between. You would like it to be closer to one end or the other. You can apply a whole lot of heuristics without messing this part up.

Comment author: Stuart_Armstrong 08 May 2012 04:09:16PM *  2 points [-]

Your knowledge of the question is in between.

Yes. And that's what's harder to remember. I "know" that Lincoln was assassinated, and I "know" that Charles de Gaulle didn't die in Burma. But trying to remember what my estimate is as to whether it's good or bad for overweight people to go on a diet... that's a lot harder.