knb comments on Verifying Rationality via RationalPoker.com - Less Wrong

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Comment author: knb 26 March 2011 08:29:35AM 5 points [-]

I'm very interested in this idea. Do you know of any good (preferably free) software for practicing against computers? (I used to be pretty good in high school, but I haven't played since.)

Still, do you think this is a good idea for a rationality dojo? Poker is at best a zero sum game (probably negative-sum, in practice), which seems like something aspiring rationalists should try to avoid.

Wouldn't something like day trading (where there is at least a general tendency for positive returns) be better?

Comment author: Aleksei_Riikonen 27 March 2011 03:48:44AM 0 points [-]

I haven't tried day trading, but I'd be very surprised if it's easier than poker.

There is a huge number of very silly people playing online poker (so it's very easy to beat them).