RichardKennaway comments on Psychic Powers - Less Wrong

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Comment author: RichardKennaway 07 December 2015 07:51:56AM 0 points [-]

If you train calibration you can generalize without theories.

That is a rather astonishing claim. What does achieving a 60% success rate on yes-no decisions when I am 60% confident have to do with extrapolation without theories?