paul_watcher comments on Statistical Prediction Rules Out-Perform Expert Human Judgments - Less Wrong

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Comment author: paul_watcher 22 February 2011 05:10:31PM 2 points [-]

Thank you for this article. Some people may react to finding that their professional opinion be less accurate than a simple formula, but I get excited instead. It's such a great opportunity to become more accurate, with such comparatively little effort! I'm particularly interested in the medical SPRs; I aim to be a doctor, and if these will help me be better than the average doctor in many cases, then so be it. I suspect that I'll have to use them secretly.