On Wed, May 23, 2012 at 3:54 PM, David Levy <lifeisunf...@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"?

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