Alexan comments on The Contrarian Status Catch-22 - Less Wrong

49 Post author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 19 December 2009 10:40PM

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Comment author: Alexan 21 December 2009 04:28:07AM 0 points [-]

Most beliefs are wrong. We do not test medicine against nothing, but rather against a placebo. In this case we must ask ourselves whether or not holding contrarian beliefs gives a result better then comparative strategies.

The answer is yes. Let them be smug!