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pdonis on May 30, 2015 | parent | context | favorite | on: Isaac Asimov: The Relativity of Wrong (1989)

> even a simple human consensus of scientists would be right more of the time than a simple consensus of non-scientists.

This is probably true, at least in fields where we have a reasonably developed science, but you realize, I trust, that it's not a very high bar. :-)

nitrogen on May 30, 2015 [–]

Yes, absolutely. I don't agree fully with the statement that set off this whole flame war. It is a very low bar, but my point is that many bars are even lower.

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