TheOtherDave comments on The Bias You Didn't Expect - Less Wrong

92 Post author: Psychohistorian 14 April 2011 04:20PM

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Comment author: JoshuaZ 14 April 2011 08:27:51PM 15 points [-]

The study states that no one in the profession they talked to (judges or lawyers) expected this bias. So such a deliberate scheduling explanation seems unlikely.

Comment author: TheOtherDave 14 April 2011 08:30:38PM 1 point [-]

Fair point. Not conclusive, but compelling.