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Comment author: Unknowns 07 April 2015 03:22:15PM 1 point [-]

I actually have both concerns. I do not think people are typically making a false statement when they say they believe something, even when they clearly have an automatic assessment that does not give it a high probability. But I also think that even if people did make an actual mistake, e.g. by saying "I have a high automatic assessment of this" when they don't, it probably isn't very useful or productive to tell them that.