bigjeff5 comments on Fun and Games with Cognitive Biases - Less Wrong

62 Post author: Cosmos 18 February 2011 08:38PM

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Comment author: Psy-Kosh 22 February 2011 04:48:29PM 1 point [-]

Ah, thanks. Though the flipside of that might be that it might convince them that past failures prove that they're a lost cause.

Comment author: bigjeff5 28 February 2011 01:42:48AM 0 points [-]

That's when you help them crank up the Overconfidence Bias. ;)