TheOtherDave comments on Costs and Benefits of Scholarship - Less Wrong

40 Post author: lukeprog 22 March 2011 02:19AM

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Comment author: TheOtherDave 23 March 2011 04:55:23PM 2 points [-]

Does this happen?

It would be startling if conformity bias didn't operate here, and I don't see much evidence that it doesn't.

That said, I don't think these are mutually exclusive. I often upvote after (IMO) unearned downvotes, and sometimes downvote after unearned upvotes, but that doesn't mean I'm not subject to the bandwagon effect.