pwno comments on Do the 'unlucky' systematically underestimate high-variance strategies? - Less Wrong

20 Post author: MBlume 12 October 2009 10:27PM

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Comment author: pwno 14 October 2009 07:47:52PM 1 point [-]

You're basically saying that risk-averse pessimists call themselves lucky and optimistic risk-lovers call themselves unluckly. This makes sense; when someone calls themselves "(un)lucky", they're really referring to their incorrect calibration.