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Saturday, January 08, 2011

Less Wrong on the McGrews' Essay

Luke, at Common Sense Atheism, thinks that the these criticisms of the McGrews' Essay are more substantial than those put forward by Carrier.

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6 Comments:

  • At January 08, 2011 1:29 PM , Blogger Bobcat said...

    I don't think he thinks that they *are* more substantial; rather, I think he hopes they'll be better than Carrier's.

     
  • At January 08, 2011 1:47 PM , Blogger Mr Veale said...

    I got as far as the chap who thinks that the Gospels were written 100's of years after the event...why bother with this junk?

    Graham

     
  • At January 09, 2011 3:14 AM , Anonymous kbrowne said...

    What do you mean Mr. Veale? No one, as far as I can see, says that the gospels were written hundreds of years after the event.

     
  • At January 09, 2011 11:25 AM , Blogger Mr Veale said...

    KBrowne

    Yip, you're right K Browne. My bad. Note to self: stop reading blogs when grumpy!

    Graham

     
  • At January 09, 2011 11:42 AM , Blogger Mr Veale said...

    Okay, having read in a fairer mood, I'm still underwhelmed. But this post

    http://lesswrong.com/lw/3m6/techniques_for_probability_estimates/#more

    looks better, given the "you should only use Bayes for statistics" objection repeatedly used on the internet.

    Graham

     
  • At January 09, 2011 11:44 AM , Blogger Mr Veale said...

    I'll break the address up, in case any one is interested in having a look.


    http://lesswrong.com/lw/3m6/

    techniques_for_probability

    _estimates/#more

     

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