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AstraSequi comments on [LINK] Common fallacies in probability (when numbers aren't used) - Less Wrong Discussion

7 Post author: Stuart_Armstrong 15 January 2016 08:29AM

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Comment author: AstraSequi 19 January 2016 12:21:40PM *  1 point [-]

I would add the reverse of #3: "There is evidence for it" doesn't mean much on its own either, for the same reasons.

Comment author: Stuart_Armstrong 19 January 2016 12:35:24PM 1 point [-]

Yep. I always consider that these issues are symmetric with their negation.