cheesedaemon

• cheesedaemon 14 Dec 2009 3:43 UTC

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  on: The Amanda Knox Test: How an Hour on the In­ter­net Beats a Year in the Courtroom

  if you don’t ever—or indeed often—find yourself needing to zig when, not only other people, but all kinds of internal “voices” in your mind are loudly shouting for you to zag, then you’re either a native rationalist...

  Shouldn’t this start with “if you frequently...” ?

• cheesedaemon 7 Sep 2009 20:41 UTC

  2 points

  on: De­ci­sion the­ory: Why Pearl helps re­duce “could” and “would”, but still leaves us with at least three alternatives

  Can anyone explain why Goodman considers this statement to be true:

  Hence `If that piece of butter had been heated to 150°F, it would not have melted.′ would also hold.