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throw310822today at 9:47 AM1 replyview on HN

Exactly, you're saying the exact same thing that I am. "Orthogonal" means independent, unrelated. This is why coincidence is very suspicious, because it's statistically very improbable.


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b00ty4breakfasttoday at 10:32 AM

you also said

>we should be highly skeptical of any finding that claims an agreements between facts and ethical values

And I'm saying that's silly because you should hold all claims in equal skepticism. Just because something contains an ideological basis does not, in itself, make it more or less correct.