3 ms·
It's just an heuristic, something to look for when evaluating a model of the world, not an strict, objective and precise rule. However, in that example, I'd sa
by ikurei 11y ago
It's just an heuristic, something to look for when evaluating a model of the world, not an strict, objective and precise rule.
However, in that example, I'd say that modern medicine certainly has a "too much vitamin C" threshold, and thus might be a sensible model of human vitamin C needs.
I had never seen this idea in writing, but I certainly remember thinking along those lines about retiring age and similar policies.
- dllthomas 11y ago"Modern medicine" contains a model that includes both criteria for too little and too much vitamin C, but that's not the model that was being referenced. The point was that the cited model, "scurvy symptoms => too little vitamin C", is useful (in some situations, very useful, if you aren't in possession of a better model with which this one would agree) while being in violation of the maxim given upstream. I think a much stronger rule - which wouldn't deserve the same catchy name - is that your model should at least be able to say "X is not to low".
- ikurei 11y agoI quite like that formulation too.