Dustin comments on Disclosure vs. Bans: Reply to Robin Hanson - Less Wrong

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Comment author: taw 04 January 2010 02:15:13AM 0 points [-]

The main bias one can find here is "not being able to see past your favourite economic model" bias which most opponents of abusive term bans have. Market efficiency is a neat concept, but it's nothing more than that. It models reality only very roughly. This bias is ridiculously pervasive among economists.

Comment author: Dustin 04 January 2010 03:04:26AM 2 points [-]

I think there's probably an equally pervasive "they're wrong because they won't look outside of their view of the X" bias.

Comment author: taw 04 January 2010 04:53:01PM 0 points [-]

Somehow I find it with economists more often than with any other profession. Here's relevant post about this phenomenon on today's Marginal Revolution.