Re:What I don't like about chains of thoughts
by coldtea on Saturday December 06, 2025 @06:10AM
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>The irony is I am pretty sure you believe this because of some kind of heuristic, but I am not sure what that heuristic would be called
Maybe we could call it the "if a book bases it claims by citing a few papers, and those specific papers turn out to be bogus, then its claims are unsubstantiated" heuristic
Maybe we could call it the "if a book bases it claims by citing a few papers, and those specific papers turn out to be bogus, then its claims are unsubstantiated" heuristic