CCC comments on A List of Nuances - LessWrong

31 Post author: abramdemski 10 November 2014 05:02AM

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Comment author: CCC 12 November 2014 09:24:48AM 1 point [-]

Hmmm. It's better evidence that they want you to believe the claim is correct.

For example, I might cherry-pick evidence to suggest that anyone who gives me $1 is significantly less likely to be killed by a crocodile. I don't believe that myself, but it is to my advantage that you believe it, because then I am likely to get $1.