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Conservation of Expected Evidence
Another LessWrong post. This one is extremely important for one who would call himself or herself a rationalist. The point is that for any expectation of evidence, there must be an equal and opposite expectation of counter-evidence. This should be … Continue reading
Posted in LessWrong, Philosophy, Rationality, Skepticism
Tagged Bayesian, Eliezer Yudkowsky, Evidence, LessWrong
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