Hug the Query

Eliezer Yudkowskylesswrong.comWritten December 20072 min read

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Yudkowsky argues the strongest evidence sits closest to the question itself, so checking the Wright brothers' calculations or watching the plane fly beats weighing Lord Kelvin's authority or anyone's biases.

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