gwern comments on Rationality Power Tools - Less Wrong

22 Post author: Nic_Smith 19 September 2010 06:20AM

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Comment author: gwern 29 September 2010 09:06:14PM 2 points [-]

Why not? Karma is a more concrete bragging point than a flatter-looking graph. If status-seeking will force people to calibrate...

Comment author: Morendil 29 September 2010 09:19:15PM * 2 points [-]

Same reasons I brought up here a few months ago when this last was mentioned.

Comment author: gwern 29 September 2010 09:58:45PM 2 points [-]

Hm, that looks like the Precautionary Principle to me...