Johnicholas comments on Dialectical Bootstrapping - Less Wrong

19 Post author: Johnicholas 13 March 2009 05:10PM

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Comment author: Johnicholas 13 March 2009 06:07:55PM 3 points [-]

The improvement in this paper, over simply making two estimates one after another, is the focus on assuming your first estimate is wrong while constructing your second estimate.

The control group in the paper did make two estimates; I'll edit to emphasize that.