Vladimir_Nesov comments on Taking the awkwardness out of a Prenup - A Game Theoretic solution - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Vladimir_Nesov 22 May 2010 03:57:18PM 7 points [-]

Then say "a fair portion of", not "50%". Saying "50%" gives an illusion of actual data.

I don't think it is unrealistic to assume that an overwhelming majority of folks getting married, feel that they are getting married to "the one"

I'm not so sure.

Comment author: VijayKrishnan 22 May 2010 07:28:12PM * 1 point [-]

I wrote "probably 50%". I guess it could be reasonably inferred that this is an extrapolation using my best guess coupled with actual numbers.