[09:02] X: i’ve never seen it and neither have you
[09:02] Eliezer: 10 to 1000
I don’t know what it is, exactly, about that exchange… but I have a rather souring reaction to it. I mean, it seems somewhat… I don’t know the term, contrary comes closest but definitely isn’t correct; as though when someone insists on using numerical responses to a statement “in order to prevent confusion” and then admits that doing so is as likely to induce confusion—well, it seems like such a thing is rather non-fruitful.
Is it really so hard to say “There is insufficient data for a meaningful reply”?
I don’t know what it is, exactly, about that exchange… but I have a rather souring reaction to it. I mean, it seems somewhat… I don’t know the term, contrary comes closest but definitely isn’t correct; as though when someone insists on using numerical responses to a statement “in order to prevent confusion” and then admits that doing so is as likely to induce confusion—well, it seems like such a thing is rather non-fruitful.
Is it really so hard to say “There is insufficient data for a meaningful reply”?