That’s way more work than I want to put into that project...
@Meaningness ...epistemological mistakes have destroyed trillions of dollars of wealth. Something similar going on here that needs debunking
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@St_Rev Except that pop Bayesianism isn’t very popular. It infects only a few hundred geeks, who mostly seem to no-ops due to akrasia anyway -
@Meaningness And that's a small group compared to the number who lost wealth because of them. Put another way: if not these guys, who? -
@St_Rev Are you suggesting that LW might have vastly greater influence than it would appear? (not sure I follow) -
@Meaningness Remember that Ayn Rand's cult spawned Alan Greenspan. -
@St_Rev Yes… but was that predictable beforehand? Can’t refute every wrong idea that goes around. -
@Meaningness ...path vs. what they will if steered away from mistakes XYZ. Evaluating that is of course impossible. -
@St_Rev Yes; a confounding factor is that the need for ULTIMATE ANSWERS is likely constitutional and very difficult to escape. -
@Meaningness Traditionally one hits the student with a ceremonial stick, but it's hard to do that over the internet.
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@St_Rev I’m just very fond of them as a group, so I care more than I should.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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