gwern 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: fortyeridania 23 October 2011 12:27:55PM 2 points [-]

Very few judicial decisions are actually made entirely during a hearing

Doesn't this strongly cut against the theory that the degree of hunger at the time of the hearing influences the decision?

Comment author: gwern 23 October 2011 02:34:18PM 4 points [-]

The Israeli parole result was for a short single high-stakes decision; most hearings are not like that, I think.