nerzhin comments on The Illusion of Sameness - Less Wrong

10 Post author: Elizabeth 22 January 2011 06:41AM

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Comment author: nerzhin 22 January 2011 09:42:27PM 2 points [-]

I think I disagree, but I'm not sure what elitism means here.

Elitism might help prevent this error. But can it lead to other errors?

Comment author: komponisto 22 January 2011 10:00:04PM 3 points [-]

Elitism might help prevent this error. But can it lead to other errors?

Yes. For any method of correcting an error, there's always a possibility of overcorrecting.

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