wnoise comments on Probability and Politics - Less Wrong

17 Post author: CarlShulman 24 November 2010 05:02PM

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Comment author: Vaniver 24 November 2010 08:58:20PM 0 points [-]

Is it good to prevent bad? If so, should I donate to Flurb simply because I hope to cancel out someone donating to Bleeg?

Comment author: wnoise 24 November 2010 09:01:28PM *  0 points [-]

Yes, you should. But another point is that you probably overestimate the chances that Flurb is good and Bleeg is bad. The magnitude as well.