Comment by ilvos01 on How to Convince Me That 2 + 2 = 3 · 2023-08-25T23:44:07.576Z · LW · GW

This is my first time reading through these works, though I must say, I smell False Equivalence. 2+2=4 is not just something I have learned, but something I have understood. I was not "taught" this, I was "shown" this. I came to the comprehension on my own. I was a horse led to water, and upon seeing the truth therein, I drank.

Comment by ilvos01 on Absence of Evidence Is Evidence of Absence · 2023-04-16T19:13:56.302Z · LW · GW

Hang on, the Japanese example is flawed. There IS an intelligence branch of the Japanese army; this would be well understood by any tactician. Seeing no evidence to their action, and inferring that this is due to their skill, not an irrational assumption.