Gavin comments on Evolved Bayesians will be biased - Less Wrong

22 Post author: taw 20 August 2009 02:54PM

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Comment author: Gavin 21 August 2009 02:36:36AM 14 points [-]

The way to mitigate this risk is to focus your rationalist energies on the areas where you are consistently losing.

While collateral damage is always a danger, if you're already losing you know that you're not upsetting a finely tuned balance.