On Wed, May 23, 2012 at 3:54 PM, David Levy <lifeisunfair(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Anthony wrote:
You certainly should revert Gwern's changes.
There's no dispute about that.
Indeed, but that's a different context; we were discussing the
appropriateness of Gwern's experiment and ones like it.
So we need to weigh the harm vs. the benefits, right?
What's a
"consensus-backed experiment"?
An experiment whose validity and appropriateness have been affirmed by
the community.
I'm not letting you out that easy. What does it mean to "have been
affirmed by the community"?