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gothgirl420666 comments on Personal Evidence - Superstitions as Rational Beliefs - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: gothgirl420666 25 March 2013 12:18:20AM *  5 points [-]

How likely of an explanation is that, really? How often does this happen? I feel like giving this phenomenon a name and a wiki page has artificially increased your probability of it. If you had just said "this could easily be explained by someone having a powerful grudge on you, sneaking into your house and waging a several month long campaign of psychological warfare on you", that would sound absurd.