In an alternate timeline there's a sect of neo-Fermians who base their epistemology on Fermi estimates.
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@St_Rev well I don't read the news because it's so terrible. plenty of people post open thread comments about how terrible articles are. -
@drethelin I mean turn it outward. Make a site where you just fact-check news articles using all of that superior epistemology. -
@St_Rev@drethelin it's not clear that lesswrong is capable of sufficient neutrality, and will stay so once more politically-focused -
@tipsfromkatee@drethelin Lots of applications (Bayes 101 to political type I vs II tradeoffs, e.g. airport screening; Fermi ubiquitously).. -
@St_Rev@tipsfromkatee@drethelin I like that idea a lot... But actually using Bayes is not nearly as fun as cheering for it... -
@Meaningness@tipsfromkatee@drethelin I know! Crunching actual numbers is a drag.
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