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Re:Guess I'm a Rationalist Now by nradov on Thursday June 19, 2025 @09:22PM (#44323958)
But their best estimate is utterly worthless with zero basis in actual reality.
Re:Guess I'm a Rationalist Now by lmm on Thursday June 19, 2025 @09:29PM (#44323994)
Well when you hear a possible disaster is coming, what do you do? Implicitly you make some kind of estimate of the likelihood - ultimately you have to decide what you're going to do about it. Even if you refuse to put a number on it or talk about it publicly, you still made an estimate that you're living by. Talking about it at least gives you a chance to compare and sanity-check.
Re:Guess I'm a Rationalist Now by nradov on Thursday June 19, 2025 @10:20PM (#44324185)
Well I have some common sense so I don't react to things that I "hear" from random worthless morons.
Re:Guess I'm a Rationalist Now by lmm on Thursday June 19, 2025 @10:26PM (#44324208)
> I don't react to things that I "hear" from random worthless morons.

Which is to say that you've made an estimate that the probability is, IDK, <5%, <1%, or some such.