VAuroch comments on The Sheer Folly of Callow Youth - Less Wrong

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Comment author: VAuroch 18 December 2013 08:28:53PM 0 points [-]

Working around the holes in your thinking is all well and good until you see a problem where getting the correct answer is important. At some point, you have to determine the impact of the holes on your predictions, and that can't be done if you work around them.