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Originally Posted by beppe
Coming back to the silly trick of assessing if an unknown book might be with some value, I think that with the help of Ea and recluse it has been shown that there might be a distinct probability that a good book behaves according to the trick (likelihood). We may expect that there will be a distinct probability that a book that is compliant to the trick is also good.
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Good thing you added 'likelyhood' because I only posted the instances that worked - not
all those that didn't
They were in Danish, so I thought it was a bit pointless.
To really determine whether it works or not, I think we would need a large sample of books. Preferably chosen by blindfolded people to make the selection random. It wouldn't do to choose only "good books" or "trash". Then, a scientifically chosen(*) number of people will try to create a sentence from the beginning and end of each book. If at least 50% of these sentences make sense to a randomly selected MR overlord (a.k.a. moderator) the book will be deemed "good" and compliant to the hypothetical principle.
*someone with a science degree selects a random number between 1 and 9