I agree, this sounds exactly right to me. Unfortunately, I remember that in a lot of Robin Hanson’s earlier OvercomingBias posts, my reaction to them would be, “Yes, B is technically evidence in favor of A, but it’s extremely weak—why even mention it?” For example, Suicide Rock.
(I think I have a picture of one of those somewhere...)
I agree, this sounds exactly right to me. Unfortunately, I remember that in a lot of Robin Hanson’s earlier OvercomingBias posts, my reaction to them would be, “Yes, B is technically evidence in favor of A, but it’s extremely weak—why even mention it?” For example, Suicide Rock.
(I think I have a picture of one of those somewhere...)