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Eugine_Nier comments on Personal Evidence - Superstitions as Rational Beliefs - Less Wrong Discussion

3 Post author: OrphanWilde 22 March 2013 05:24PM

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Comment author: Eugine_Nier 23 March 2013 11:45:49PM *  5 points [-]

An interesting question is what ideas are we discounting today in an equally irrational manner.

Comment author: NancyLebovitz 24 March 2013 02:26:17AM 4 points [-]

Bingo. That's roughly what I was going to say.

It's a lot easier to be smart after the facts are in.