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		pohl on Dec 16, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Chesterton's Fence: A lesson in second order think... Wait, are you saying that if Alice learns of an edge case by having it pointed out to them by Bob then Alice is a priori unqualified to analyze whether the edge case is important?

funcDropShadow on Dec 16, 2023 [–]

I guess GP meant, if Alice doesn't know about the edge case, she can't analyze it.

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