Alicorn comments on Open Thread: November 2009 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Jack 05 November 2009 10:42:05AM 3 points [-]

Parties to the dispute can split the cost. Also, if the hired guns aren't seen as impartial there would be no reason to hire them so there would be a market incentive (if there were a market, which of course there isn't). Or we have a professional guild system with an oath and an oversight board. Hah.

Comment author: Alicorn 05 November 2009 01:15:21PM 2 points [-]

I would totally join a rationalist arbitration guild. Even if this cut into the many, many bribes I get to use my skills on only one party's behalf ;)

Perhaps records of previous dispute resolutions can be made public with the consent of the disputants, so people can look for arbitrators who have apparently little bias or bias they can live with?