jimrandomh comments on What should I have for dinner? (A case study in decision making) - Less Wrong

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Comment author: jimrandomh 12 August 2010 09:28:05PM 9 points [-]

It is rational to update by a lot in response to a small amount of evidence if that evidence brings along a possibility you hadn't considered before, that possibility has a high prior probability, and you didn't have much evidence to begin with.