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Transfuturist comments on Open Thread, May 12 - 18, 2014 - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: Transfuturist 18 May 2014 02:04:15AM 0 points [-]

It's not about taking things on faith, it's about accepting that you don't have to know the inner workings of a model to realize that it's a good predictor.

Or is that what you just said? I guess I need to watch the episode again, the moral must be different than what I remember.