MichaelGR comments on Rationality quotes: May 2010 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: MichaelGR 01 May 2010 05:50:44PM 8 points [-]

In that same vein:

Rank beliefs not according to their plausibility but by the harm they may cause.

-Nassim Nicholas Taleb, The Black Swan p.203

It does not matter how frequently something succeeds if failure is too costly to bear.

-Nassim Nicholas Taleb, Fooled by Randomness

Comment author: JulianMorrison 04 May 2010 10:40:43AM 6 points [-]

Fear invasion from Mars!

Comment author: ata 04 May 2010 10:45:05AM 3 points [-]

Better: Rank beliefs according to their plausibility multiplied by the harm they may cause.

Comment author: Larks 06 May 2010 10:40:45AM 1 point [-]

Unless you're risk averse.