PhilGoetz comments on New Year's Predictions Thread - Less Wrong

18 Post author: MichaelVassar 30 December 2009 09:39PM

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Comment author: PhilGoetz 31 December 2009 10:47:55PM 0 points [-]

You must specify disproportionately high, or disproportionately low.

Comment author: mattnewport 06 January 2010 07:12:20AM 0 points [-]

I thought disproportionately high went without saying (but then I would with a confidence level that high wouldn't I?)

Comment author: CannibalSmith 01 January 2010 04:31:43PM 0 points [-]

A declaration of war, curtailment of liberties, or other expenditure of resources more than ten times the loss of resources (including life, which is not priceless) it tries prevent.

Comment author: AdeleneDawner 01 January 2010 04:35:45PM *  1 point [-]

Is there a standard method for assigning a numerical value to liberties?

Comment author: randallsquared 01 January 2010 10:16:44PM 2 points [-]

The money those people would pay to avoid the loss of liberty, had they the option.

Comment author: James_K 02 January 2010 07:38:13AM 2 points [-]

That's a valid measure, but it would require a fairly complicated study to actually get a value for it.

Comment author: Technologos 02 January 2010 07:43:34AM 1 point [-]

And it's complicated by loss aversion.