JGWeissman comments on Guilt by Association - Less Wrong

1 Post author: Annoyance 24 June 2009 05:29PM

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Comment author: JGWeissman 25 June 2009 07:14:42PM 1 point [-]

Good point. When the relation is obviously antisymmetric, where aRb implies not bRa, this is enough to make people realize it is not symmetric.

Comment author: orthonormal 25 June 2009 09:26:37PM 2 points [-]

I wouldn't be surprised if the easiest relations for us to imagine between two variables were simply degrees of "bidirectional implication" or "mutual exclusivity".

Comment author: Annoyance 26 June 2009 04:52:21PM -1 points [-]

Bing bing bing!

The real issue, of course, is why they're the easiest for us to represent.

That's coming up next.