Re: [agi] Two draft papers: AI and existential risk; heuristics and biases

From: Robin Lee Powell (rlpowell@digitalkingdom.org)
Date: Thu Jun 08 2006 - 11:33:29 MDT


That's not the same as refusing to believe that the *math* in
Bayes Theorem is correct.

-Robin

On Thu, Jun 08, 2006 at 12:18:46PM -0400, Michael Vassar wrote:
> You haven't Ben? How many scientists have you shown the Monty Hall problem
> only to have them refuse to believe the correct answer even after you have
> explained it to them? None? Really? You should try it? How many
> scientists can even do a Wason selection task?
>
> >I have never met a scientist who did not accept Bayes Theorem as a
> >piece of mathematics.
>
>

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