Cyan comments on Are calibration and rational decisions mutually exclusive? (Part two) - Less Wrong

6 Post author: Cyan 24 July 2009 12:49AM

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Comment author: Cyan 25 July 2009 01:56:48PM 0 points [-]

I pulled a little switcheroo in the Avogadro's number example: calibration is a property of one agent considering multiple estimation problems, not multiple agents considering one estimation problem. But I think the argument still goes through, i.e., your summary above could be rewritten to take this into account just by changing a few words.

Comment author: cousin_it 25 July 2009 02:14:48PM *  0 points [-]

Hmm. I hadn't noticed that; stupidity strikes again. But regardless of the semantics of the word "calibration", the property outlined in my summary seems like a nice property to have, and I feel kinda left out for not possessing it.