Er, I think so. The kind of person who reads Less Wrong is probably the kind of person who takes care to search Wikipedia or the SEP for words like ‘Bayesianism’ and get a feel for the relevant literature.
One of my favourite aspects of LW is knowing that, even if I forget to linkify an unusual or obscure name or reference, I will not get some Mr. McLazy replying with “What is X? Never heard of it”.
People realize Bayesian epistemology was a philosophy long before Eliezer, right? It’s a fairly large area of study in philosophy of science.
Er, I think so. The kind of person who reads Less Wrong is probably the kind of person who takes care to search Wikipedia or the SEP for words like ‘Bayesianism’ and get a feel for the relevant literature.
One of my favourite aspects of LW is knowing that, even if I forget to linkify an unusual or obscure name or reference, I will not get some Mr. McLazy replying with “What is X? Never heard of it”.