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James_Miller comments on Article on confirmation bias for the Smith Alumnae Quarterly - Less Wrong Discussion

4 Post author: James_Miller 06 August 2014 02:43PM

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Comment author: James_Miller 07 August 2014 03:16:37PM *  2 points [-]

Thanks for the constructive criticism.

Do you just mean a correct view of reality?

Yes, but I didn't want to mention the T word. There is only so much inferential distance you can cover in 400 words.

Comment author: Lumifer 07 August 2014 03:36:31PM 2 points [-]

I didn't want to mention the T word

A wise choice, probably :-) but you can also phrase it something like "consistent with what we see in reality"...