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Alicorn comments on Bayes Slays Goodman's Grue - Less Wrong Discussion

0 Post author: potato 17 November 2011 10:45AM

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Comment author: Alicorn 17 November 2011 12:25:03AM 6 points [-]

Nitpick: Emeralds are a bad example. An "emerald" is just green beryl - a blue instance of the same mineral is just a blue piece of beryl. They exist, but they aren't emeralds.

Comment author: J_Taylor 17 November 2011 06:59:40AM 8 points [-]

Philosophy of Science textbooks mention that fact. Goodman chose a bad example and now we must all pay the price.