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jwhendy comments on A Bayesian Argument for the Resurrection of Jesus - Less Wrong Discussion

12 Post author: lukeprog 08 January 2011 05:05AM

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Comment author: jwhendy 09 January 2011 06:45:30AM 0 points [-]

It's just a joke about gullibility, at least that's how I read it.

Comment author: Sniffnoy 09 January 2011 07:10:08AM 3 points [-]

Oh, I thought it was an attempt to apply some sort of (nonexistent) analog of the principle of explosion...

Comment author: thomblake 29 March 2012 10:41:13PM 2 points [-]

Actually straightforward explosion works. "The moon is probably made out of cheese" can be taken as a statement in propositional logic.